東は東、西は西、／両者とわに相会わじ。／／ - （ジョゼフ・）ラドヤード・キップリング［キプリング］ (1865 - 1936): 『東西のバラード［東と西のバラッド］』
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East is East, and West is West, / and never the twain shall meet. // - (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936): The Ballad of East and West
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