Category: English(-Japanese) Quotations and Sayings: 英語(-日本語)の名言ことわざ

Marriage is the lack…

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IMAGE: Marriage is the lack of judgment, divorce the lack of patience, and remarriage the lack of memory.

Marriage is the lack of judgment, divorce the lack of patience, and remarriage the lack of memory. – Armand (Camille) Salacrou (1899 – 1989) (Image by marcojean20 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

Ignorance…

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IMAGE: Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle-headedness -- and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all. That is what I was at nineteen and twenty.

Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle-headedness — and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all. That is what I was at nineteen and twenty. – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) “Letter to Jacob H. Burrough， 1… More »

Children are poor…

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IMAGE: Children are poor men's riches. / Children are parents' riches. / There is no treasure more precious than a child.

Children are poor men’s riches. / Children are parents’ riches. / There is no treasure more precious than a child. (Image by John Hain from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

The foolish ostrich…

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IMAGE: The foolish ostrich buries his head in the sand and thinks he is not seen. / You dance in a net and think nobody sees you.

The foolish ostrich buries his head in the sand and thinks he is not seen. / You dance in a net and think nobody sees you. (Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from… More »

It is the first step…

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IMAGE: It is the first step that is troublesome [difficult]. [The first step is always the hardest.]

It is the first step that is troublesome [difficult]. [The first step is always the hardest.] (Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

A chain is no…

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IMAGE: A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. / No chain is stronger than its weakest link.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. / “No chain is stronger than its weakest link.” – Watson (to Sherlock Holmes) — (Arthur) Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930): The Valley of Fear (Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay) /… More »

You can’t please…

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IMAGE: You can't please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.] / One cannot be in two places at once.

You can’t please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.] / One cannot be in two places at once. (Image by pasja1000 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

That men do not…

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IMAGE: That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. – Aldous (Leonard) Huxley (1894 – 1963) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by… More »

To learn something…

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IMAGE: To learn something and regularly practice it -- is it not a joy? To have schoolfellows come from distant states -- is it not a pleasure? Not to blame when men do not accept you -- is it not like a gentleman?

To learn something and regularly practice it — is it not a joy? To have schoolfellows come from distant states — is it not a pleasure? Not to blame when men do not accept you — is it not like… More »

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