![IMAGE: Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. [(All) Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/easter-735942_640-200x133.jpg)
Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. [(All) Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.] – Jesus (c.4B.C.? – c.30?) — Bible: “The Gospel… More »
誰であれ、自らを高くする者は低められ、自らを低くする者は高められるであろう。 – イエス (紀元前4頃? – 30頃?) — 聖書: 『ルカによる福音書』第14章11節［『マタイによる福音書』第23章12節］ More »
The equinox brings on a mild weather. More »
暑さ寒さも彼岸まで。 More »
![IMAGE: A red sun hath water in his eye. [A red sun has water in his eye.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lightning-801866_640-200x122.jpg)
A red sun hath water in his eye. [A red sun has water in his eye.] More »
朝焼けは雨。［朝焼けは嵐の前兆。］（日本の諺） / 赤い太陽はその目に涙を湛えている。 More »
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither… More »
彼を知り己(おのれ)を知れば、百戦して殆うからず(あやうからず)。彼を知らずして己を知れば、一勝一負す。彼を知らず己を知らざれば、戦うごとに必ず殆うし。 – 孫武 (紀元前544頃? – 前496頃?): 『孫子（兵法）』謀攻篇 / (［（漢）知彼知己者、百戦不殆。不知彼而知己、一勝一負。不知彼不知己、毎戦必殆。］) / 敵を知ると同時に自分自身を知れ。 More »
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. – Henry Louis [H. L.] Mencken (1880 – 1956) More »
理想主義者とはバラがキャベツより香りのいいことに気づくとすぐ、スープもバラの方がおいしいと結論づける人のことだ。 – Ｈ・Ｌ・メンケン (1880 – 1956) 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: Hills are green far away. / All cats are gray in the dark. [All cats are gray at night].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/landscape-658056_640-100x64.jpg)
