The cherry among flowers, the samurai among men. – Kanadehon Chūshingura; trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 – 1929) (Image by shell_ghostcage from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
花は桜木、人は武士。 – 竹田出雲（二代目）(たけだいずも（にだいめ）) (1691 – 1756)・三好松洛(みよししょうらく) (1696頃? – ?)・並木宗輔［並木千柳（初代）］(なみきそうすけ［なみきせんりゅう（しょだい）］) (1695 – 1751)： 『仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)』 (shell_ghostcage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 »
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it’s a letdown, they won’t buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book. – Mickey… More »
話の途中に辿り着くために、推理小説を読む人はいない。結末に辿り着くために読む。それが期待外れなら、二度と買わないだろう。最初の一ページでその本が売れ、最後の一ページで次の本が売れる。 – ミッキー・スピレイン［フランク・モリスン・スピレイン］ (1918 – 2006) (Antonio Doumas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 »
![IMAGE: "Truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." [Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, Peter--this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/peter-2199860_640-200x134.png)
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” [Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter–this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you… More »
「はっきり言っておく」、イエスはペテロに向かって答えた、「今夜、鶏が鳴く前に、あなたは三度私を知らないと言うだろう」。 – イエス (紀元前4頃? – 30頃?) — 聖書: 『マタイによる福音書』第26章34節 (CCXpistiavos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 »
![IMAGE: There is no such thing as free lunch. [There is no free lunch.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rabbit-1057756_640-200x150.jpg)
There is no such thing as free lunch. [There is no free lunch.] – Milton Friedman (1912 – 2006) (Image by kojikamei from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
働かざる者食うべからず。（日本の諺） / (世の中そんなにあまくない。) / ただで食える昼飯はない。［ただ飯は無し。］ – ミルトン・フリードマン (1912 – 2006) (kojikamei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 »
You have to learn to walk before you run. (Image by BurningWell from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
走る前に、まず歩く練習をしなくてはなりません。 (BurningWell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 »
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living. [There is no real difference between work and play - it's all living.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/life-2418344_640-100x64.jpg)
![IMAGE: A miss is as good as a mile. [An inch of a miss is as good [bad] as a mile of a miss. / An inch in missing is as bad as a mile. / An inch is good as a mile if it's a miss.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/business-163860_640-100x66.jpg)
