The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. – Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus) (121 – 180): Meditations (Image by edoardo taloni from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
人の真価はその目指す所で計らるべし。 – マルクス・アウレリウス（・アントニヌス） (121 – 180): 『自省録』 (edoardo taloniによるPixabayからの画像 ) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
![IMAGE: A wonder lasts but nine days. [Wonders last only nine days.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wonder-woman-552109_640-200x150.jpg)
A wonder lasts but nine days. [Wonders last only nine days.] (ErikaWittliebによるPixabayからの画像 ) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
人の噂も七十五日。（日本の諺） / 驚異も九日しか続かない。 (ErikaWittliebによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. – William Blake (1757 – 1827): Gnomic Verses (Image by StockSnap from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
人と山が出逢うとき、大いなるものは生まれる。 – ウィリアム・ブレイク［ブレーク］ (1757 – 1827): 『金言詩』 (StockSnapによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. (Italian Proverb) (Image by klimkin from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
ひとたびゲームが終われば、キング［王］もポーン［歩］も同じ箱の中に帰る。（イタリアの諺） (klimkinによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.” – Samuel Ichiye [S. I.] Hayakawa (1906 – 92) (Image by Tumisu from… More »
人が「私は三回失敗した」と思う時と「私は失敗した人間だ」と考える時に、生起するものの違いに注意せよ。 – サミュエル・イチエ［Ｓ・Ｉ］・ハヤカワ (1906 – 92) (TumisuによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
![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: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/candle-1285146_640-100x66.jpg)