The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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惨めな気持ちを避ける唯一策は、幸不幸に思いを巡らすような暇など作らぬことだ。 - ジョージ・バーナード・ショー (1856 - 1950)
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