![IMAGE: Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bronze-610837_640-200x133.jpg)
Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something. – Plato [Platon] (427 – 347B.C.) / (or, Author Unknown?) (Image by mvivirito0 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
賢明な人が話すのは言わなければならない何かのため； 愚かな人が話すのは何か言わなければならないため。［賢明な人は言うべき何かがあるので話す； 愚かな人は何か言うべきなので話す。］ – プラトン (紀元前427 – 前347)（【訳】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )） / (もしくは、作者未詳？) (mvivirito0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 »
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. – Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy] (1828 – 1910): War and Peace / (The only true wisdom…) (Image by press 👍 and ⭐… More »
私たちが知ることのできるのは私たちが何も知らないということだけ。そしてそれが人間の知恵の最高到達点だ。 – レオ・トルストイ［レフ・ニコラエヴィチ・トルストイ］ (1828 – 1910): 『戦争と平和』 / (唯一の真の知恵は…) (press 👍 and ⭐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 »
The less men think, the more they talk. – Montesquieu (1689 – 1755) / (People who know…) (Image by 312kasia from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
考えることが少ない人ほど、多くを語る。 – モンテスキュー (1689 – 1755) / (少ししか知らない人は…) (312kasia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 »
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 78) / (The less men think…) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Translate and Speak by Smart Link Corporation) More »
少ししか知らない人はたいてい多くを語るが、多くを知っている人は少ししか言わないものだ。 – ジャン＝ジャック・ルソー (1712 – 78) / (考えることが少ない人…) (Gerd AltmannによるPixabayからの画像) (Translate and Speak by Smart Link Corporation) More »
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. – George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) (Image by André Beer from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
人間の賢さは、どれだけ経験するかではなく、どれだけ経験に学べるかによる。 – ジョージ・バーナード・ショー (1856 – 1950) (André Beer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: 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: Beauty is but skin deep. [Beauty is only skin-deep.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/eye-1173863_640_skin-3358873_640-100x75.jpg)
