Category: Quotes by Subject 50-99 Knowledge…Misc: 主題別名言「知識…雑題」

The flowers withered…

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IMAGE: The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. //

The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. // – Ono no Komachi (c.825 – c.900); trans. by Donald Keene [ドナルド・キーン] (1922… More »

花の色は　うつりに…

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IMAGE: The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. //

花の色は　うつりにけりな　いたづらに　わが身世にふる　ながめせしまに。 – 小野小町(おののこまち) (825頃 – 900頃): 『古今和歌集(こきんわかしゅう)』、『（小倉）百人一首』 (yyryyr1030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 »

What is the nation’s…

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IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].

What is the nation’s treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation’s treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation’s treasure; the… More »

国の宝とは何物ぞ…

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IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].

国の宝とは何物ぞ。宝とは道心なり、道心ある人を名づけて国宝と為す。故に古人の曰く、径寸十枚、是れ国宝に非ず。一隅を照らす、此れ則ち国宝なりと。 – 伝教大師［最澄］ (767 – 822): 『山家学生式(さんげがくしょうしき)』 / (「径寸十枚」：（直径一寸の玉［宝石］十個→）金銀財宝のこと) (Pexels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 think too much…

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IMAGE: We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer… More »

私たちは考えることが…

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IMAGE: We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

私たちは考えることが多すぎて、感じることが少なすぎます。私たちに必要なのは、機械（の便利さ）よりも人間らしさです。賢さよりも、優しさや穏やかさなのです。これらの資質がなければ、人生は暴力的なものになり、全てが失われるでしょう。 – チャーリー・チャップリン［サー・チャールズ・スペンサー・チャップリン］ (1889 – 1977) / (『（チャップリンの）独裁者』での最後のスピーチから。) (Jordan Holiday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 »

物事を単純なままに…

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IMAGE: Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

物事を単純なままに保つのは、この世で最も難しいこと。それは経験の最後の限界であり、天才の最後の努力です。 – ジョルジュ・サンド (1804 – 1876) / (物事を単純にするのは…) (139904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 »

My pain may be the…

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IMAGE: My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text,… More »

私の痛みが誰かの笑い…

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IMAGE: My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

私の痛みが誰かの笑いを誘ってもいい。だが決して、私の笑いが誰かの痛みを招いてはならない。 – チャーリー・チャップリン［サー・チャールズ・スペンサー・チャップリン］ (1889 – 1977) (OpenClipart-Vectors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 »

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