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恋は盲目。あばたも…

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IMAGE: Love is blind. [(La.) Amor caecus est.] // The lover is blinded about the beloved, and prefers his own interests to truth and right.

恋は盲目。［愛は盲目。］ / あばたもえくぼ。 / 恋は人を盲目にする。そこでは私情が優先され、真理や道理は二の次になってしまう。 – プラトン (紀元前427 – 前347): 『法律』 More »

Great oaks from little…

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IMAGE: Great [Mighty/Tall] oaks from little [tiny] acorns grow.

Great oaks from little acorns grow. [(ME) As an ook cometh of a litel spyr.] – Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343 – 1400): Troilus and Criseyde / Mighty [Tall] oaks from tiny acorns grow. / (Great things may come from small beginnings.) More »

樫の大木も始まりは…

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IMAGE: Great [Mighty/Tall] oaks from little [tiny] acorns grow.

樫の大木も始まりは小さなどんぐり。 – ジェフリー・チョーサー (1343頃 – 1400): 『トロイラスとクリセイデ』 / (小さなことから偉業となり得る) More »

At Nikitatsu We have…

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IMAGE: At Nikitatsu / We have waited for the moon / Before boarding our boat; / Now the tide is in at last -- / Come, let's get to rowing! //

At Nikitatsu / We have waited for the moon / Before boarding our boat; / Now the tide is in at last — / Come, let’s get to rowing! // – Princess Nukata [Nukata no Ōkimi] (c.630? – c.690?) –… More »

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