There’s a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. – John Erskine (1879 – 1951) (Image 1 by Shahid Shafiq from Pixabay) (Image 2 by Shahid Shafiq… More »
The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, “Go!” – a leader says, “Let’s go!” – E. M. Kelly More »
The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense. – Tom [Thomas Leo] Clancy(， Jr.) (1947 – 2013) More »
I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things. – Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954) (Image by garageband from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
僕は事物を描かない。事物間の違いを描くだけだ。 – アンリ・マティス (1869 – 1954) (garageband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 »
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.” – Samuel Ichiye [S. I.] Hayakawa (1906 – 92) (Image by Tumisu from… More »
人が「私は三回失敗した」と思う時と「私は失敗した人間だ」と考える時に、生起するものの違いに注意せよ。 – サミュエル・イチエ［Ｓ・Ｉ］・ハヤカワ (1906 – 92) (Tumisu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 »
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Expectation is better than realization. / There is a great difference between the fame and the reality. [The reality falls far short of the fame.] / The reality (always) falls short of the fame. [The reality often belies the fame.] More »
名物にうまい物無し(めいぶつにうまいものなし)。（日本の諺） / 聞くと見るとは大違い。［見ると聞くとは大違い。］ / 実現したときより、期待しているときがまし。 / 実物は名に聞くほどではない。［現実は名声と一致しないことが多い。］ More »
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma,… 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)
