Books and friends…
Books and friends should be few, but good. More »
Books and friends should be few, but good. More »
Charlie Brown: “In the book of life, the answers are not in the back! That’s my new philosophy” / Lucy Van Pelt: “I think you’re in trouble” // – Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000): Peanuts (Image by Michelle Maria… More »
“A classic”: a book which people praise and don’t read. – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) More »
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. – W. H. [Wystan Hugh] Auden (1907 – 73) More »
A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 – 43B.C.) More »
A book of quotations can never be complete. More »
Repeated reading makes the meaning clear. More »
読書百遍義自ずから見る(どくしょひゃっぺんぎおのずからあらわる)。[読書百遍意自ずから通ず。] – 陳寿(ちんじゅ) (233 – 97): 『三国志』魏志(中国~日本の諺) / 繰り返し読めば、意味がはっきりしてくる。 More »
The stone you throw will fall on your own head. / He who spits against heaven, spits in his own face. / Who spits against the wind, spits in his own face. More »
天を仰ぎて唾す(てんをあおぎてつばきす)。[天に唾する(てんにつばする)。/天に向かって唾を吐く。] – 『四十二章経(しじゅうにしょうきょう)』(迦葉摩騰(かしょうまとう)・竺法蘭(じくほうらん)の共訳) / 投げた石は自分の頭に落ちてくる。 / 風に向かって唾吐けば、自分の顔に降り懸かる。 / (日本の諺)身から出た錆。 – いろは歌留多(江戸) More »