![IMAGE: Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] / Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks only once.] / Opportunity seldom knocks twice.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tea-680540_640.jpg)
Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] - YAMANOUE no Sôji (1544 - 90): Yamanoue no Soji ki [The Record of Soji YAMANOUE] "Ten Elements of Preparedness for Tea Practitioners"
/ Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks only once.]
/ Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
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一期に一度の会。［一期一会。］ - 山上宗二 (1544 - 90): 『山上宗二記』茶湯者覚悟十躰［茶湯者覚悟十体］
/ (一生に一度の出会い。)
/ 好機はただ一度。
/ 好機は二度訪れることはまれである。
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: You can't take it with you (when you die [when you go]).](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/skull-837121_640-100x60.jpg)
![IMAGE: A good conscience is a soft pillow. [A clear conscience is a soft pillow.] / A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/baby-4116187_640-100x68.jpg)
