一年の計、穀を樹うるに如くは莫し。十年の計、木を樹うるに如くは莫し。終身［百年］の計、人を樹うるに如くは莫し。 - 管仲 (紀元前725頃? - 前645)
/ (［（漢）一年之計、莫如樹穀。十年之計、莫如樹木。終身之計、莫如樹人。］)
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The proper plan for the year is to grow grain; the proper plan for the decade is to grow trees; the proper plan for the lifetime is to grow human beings. - Guan Zhong [Kuan Chung] (c.725? - 645B.C.) (trans. by Take Moon OK)
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![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: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: 10. Return to Society. [Entering the Marketplace.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._10_edit312-100x75.jpg)