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Expectation is better than realization. / There is a great difference between the fame and the reality. [The reality falls far short of the fame.] / The reality (always) falls short of the fame. [The reality often belies the fame.] More »
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. – Dale Carnegie (1888 – 1955) More »
The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination. – James A. [Albert] Michener (1907 – 97) More »
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always… More »
Row, row, row your boat, / Gently down the stream. // Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, / Life is but a dream. // – from Mother Goose (Image by Sergio Cerrato – Italia from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. – William Safire (1929 – 2009) More »
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai Lama XIV [The 14th Dalai Lama] (1935 – ) (Image by Jeon Sang-O from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from… More »
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. – Sam… More »
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. – Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov (1860 – 1904) / (All that non-fiction…) (Image by Станислав Руденко from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. – Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922) (Image by Bella H. from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
A red sun hath water…
常に心せよ、流れに…
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