Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself. – Berenice Abbott (1898 – 1991) More »
リアリティに比類ない美しさがあることに相変わらず気づいていない人がいる。幻想的で思いがけないもの、絶えず変化してまた新しくなるもの、そのようなものはどこよりも現実の世界そのものの中に示されている。 – ベレニス・アボット (1898 – 1991) More »
![IMAGE: Misfortunes never come singly. [Misfortunes seldom come singly.] / One misfortune rides upon another's back. / It never rains but it pours.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bike-239882_640-200x133.jpg)
Misfortunes never come singly. [Misfortunes seldom come singly.] / One misfortune rides upon another’s back. / It never rains but it pours. More »
泣きっ面に蜂。 – 『いろは歌留多（江戸）』（日本の諺） / 弱り目に祟り目。（日本の諺） / 不幸は一つだけではこない。 / 災難は続くもの。 / 降るときは必ずどしゃ降り。 More »
A man’s mind often gives him warning of evil to come. More »
虫の知らせ。［虫が知らせる。］（日本の諺・慣用句） / 心は、迫り来る災いをしばしば本人に警告する。 More »
To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. – W. H. [Wystan Hugh] Auden (1907 – 73) More »
祈りとは、自分以外の何ものかに対して心を集中させること。 – Ｗ・Ｈ・オーデン (1907 – 73) More »
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. – Stephen (William) Hawking (1942 – 2018) (Image by Alex Myers from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound… More »
私の目標は単純だ。それはこの宇宙の完全な理解、どうしてそうあるのか、いったいなぜ存在するのかということだ。 – スティーヴン［スティーブン］（・ウィリアム）・ホーキング (1942 – 2018) (Alex Myers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)
