We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. – Oliver Stone (1946 – ): Platoon More »
軍と産業の結びつきが彼らの意図に拘わらず及ぼす悪影響を、我々は監視しなければならない。この軍産複合体制の重圧が、自由と民主主義の進展を危うくすることを決して許してはならない。 – オリヴァー［オリバー］・ストーン (1946 – ): 『プラトゥーン［プラトーン］』 More »
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. More »
噂をすれば影。（日本の諺） / 悪魔の話をすれば悪魔は必ず現れる。 More »
![IMAGE: A necessary lie is harmless. / The end justifies the means. [The end sanctifies the means.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/santa-claus-579113_strassenfasnet-641210-200x150.jpg)
A necessary lie is harmless. / The end justifies the means. [The end sanctifies the means.] More »
嘘も方便。 / 目的は手段を正当化する。 More »
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. – T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 – 1965) More »
我々の知るところは余りに多く、確信するところは余りに少ない。我等の文学は宗教の代用品、我等の宗教もまた然り。 – Ｔ・Ｓ・エリオット (1888 – 1965) More »
![IMAGE: I think, therefore I exist. [I think, therefore I am]. / [(La.) Cogito, ergo sum.] [(Fr.) Je pense, donc je suis.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sunset-485016_640-200x136.png)
I think, therefore I exist. [I think, therefore I am]. – René Descartes (1596 – 1650) / ([(La.) Cogito, ergo sum.]) / ([(Fr.) Je pense, donc je suis.]) More »
我思う、故に我在り。 – ルネ・デカルト (1596 – 1650) 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: You can't take it with you (when you die [when you go]).](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/skull-837121_640-100x60.jpg)
![IMAGE: He that falls today may rise [be up] tomorrow (again). / Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/falling-24_slippery-15_step-98_stairs-15_forest-78-100x75.jpg)
