The cherry among flowers, the samurai among men. – Kanadehon Chūshingura; trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 – 1929) (Image by shell_ghostcage from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
花は桜木、人は武士。 – 竹田出雲（二代目）(たけだいずも（にだいめ）) (1691 – 1756)・三好松洛(みよししょうらく) (1696頃? – ?)・並木宗輔［並木千柳（初代）］(なみきそうすけ［なみきせんりゅう（しょだい）］) (1695 – 1751)： 『仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)』 (shell_ghostcage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 »
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it’s a letdown, they won’t buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book. – Mickey… More »
話の途中に辿り着くために、推理小説を読む人はいない。結末に辿り着くために読む。それが期待外れなら、二度と買わないだろう。最初の一ページでその本が売れ、最後の一ページで次の本が売れる。 – ミッキー・スピレイン［フランク・モリスン・スピレイン］ (1918 – 2006) (Antonio Doumas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: "Truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." [Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, Peter--this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/peter-2199860_640-200x134.png)
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” [Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter–this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you… More »
「はっきり言っておく」、イエスはペテロに向かって答えた、「今夜、鶏が鳴く前に、あなたは三度私を知らないと言うだろう」。 – イエス (紀元前4頃? – 30頃?) — 聖書: 『マタイによる福音書』第26章34節 (CCXpistiavos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: There is no such thing as free lunch. [There is no free lunch.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rabbit-1057756_640-200x150.jpg)
There is no such thing as free lunch. [There is no free lunch.] – Milton Friedman (1912 – 2006) (Image by kojikamei from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
働かざる者食うべからず。（日本の諺） / (世の中そんなにあまくない。) / ただで食える昼飯はない。［ただ飯は無し。］ – ミルトン・フリードマン (1912 – 2006) (kojikamei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 »
You have to learn to walk before you run. (Image by BurningWell from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
走る前に、まず歩く練習をしなくてはなりません。 (BurningWell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: The Tao [Way] that can be followed is not the eternal Tao [Way]. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth, while naming is the origin of the myriad things. Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery; ever desiring, you see the manifestations. These two are the same--when they appear--they are named differently.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nature-4283139_640-100x67.jpg)
