Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another man has it for thirty days. But it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life. - Edward B. [Burgess] Butler (1853 - 1928)
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何かに熱中する時は誰にでもある。ある人は三十分で冷め、ある人は三十日続く。だが、人生の成功者となるのは三十年間熱中し続ける人だ。 - エドワード・Ｂ［バージェス］・バトラー (1853 - 1928)
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