Some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. – Alyosha Karamazov — Fyodor Mikhaylovich… More »
幼年時代からずっと忘れずにいる、ある種美しく神聖な思い出以上の教育は、ないのかもしれない。そういう多くの思い出とともに残りの人生を歩む人の魂は、救われる。 – アリョーシャ・カラマーゾフ — フョードル・ドストエフスキー (1821 – 81): 『カラマーゾフの兄弟』 More »
I want to live, I want to give; / I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold. / It’s these expressions I never give / That keep me searching for a heart of gold / And I’m getting old.… More »
生きていたい、与えたい。／ずっと金の心を求めてきた。／言葉では言い表せない思いのなか、／金の心を探し続けて、／歳をとってゆく。／／ – ニール・ヤング (1945 – ): 『孤独の旅路』（【歌える訳詞】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )） More »
I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. – Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) More »
せっかくの気持ちも、言葉では十分伝わらないと思います。全ては行動に移し、はっきりとした形にするべきです。 – フローレンス・ナイチンゲール (1820 – 1910) More »
Friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant. Although I haven’t seen him in more than ten years, I know I’ll miss him forever. I never had any friends later on like the ones I… More »
レストランの下げ膳係のように、友達はあなたの人生に現れては去って行く。最後に彼と会ってからもう十年以上になるが、私はこれからもずっと彼のことを想い続けるだろう。十二歳の時の彼らのような友人には、その後一度も出逢うことはなかった。 – スティーヴン・キング (1947 – ): 『スタンド・バイ・ミー』 More »
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. – John Powell (1882 – 1963) More »
間違いなく間違いなのは、間違いから何も学ばない間違いだけである。 – ジョン・パウエル (1882 – 1963) More »
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