The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the… More »
Old garden lake! / The frog thy depths doth seek, / And sleeping echoes wake. // – Matsuo Bashô [Bashō] (1644 – 94); trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 – 1929) (Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound… More »
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. – Robert Bresson (1901 – 99) (Image by Felix Lichtenfeld from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: One man's fault is another man's lesson. [Learn wisdom by faults of others.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/adult-education-3258944_640-200x105.jpg)
One man’s fault is another man’s lesson. [Learn wisdom by faults of others.] (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. (Italian Proverb) (Image by klimkin from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – André Gide (1869 – 1951) (Image by Youssef Jheir from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google… More »
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. – Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) (Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Of two disputants, the warmer is generally in the wrong. (Image by suju from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
One good turn deserves another. / He who gives to another bestows on himself. (Image by rawpixel on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. – Santiago –… More »
A red sun hath water…
常に心せよ、流れに…
シーザーの妻は疑惑を…
Don't just dream…
さよなら…寂しいよ…
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