美よ! 知性も感性も…
美よ! 知性も感性も高い人が、最初は聖なる母マリアを理想に掲げながら、最後は享楽の町ソドムに堕するという考えに俺は耐えられない。もっと恐ろしいのは、魂に悪都ソドムの理想を懐く人間が、聖母マリアの理想を放棄せず、まるで無邪気な青春時代のようにその理想に心を燃やしている、純粋無垢に燃やしているかもしれないのだ。 – ドミートリイ[ドミートリー]・フョードロウィチ・カラマーゾフ(別名:ミーチャ、ミーチカ) — フョードル・ドストエフスキー (1821 – 81): 『カラマーゾフの兄弟』(【訳】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )) (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: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: There is no time like the present. / Never put off till tomorrow what may be done [what you can do] today. / Defer not until tomorrow if you can do it today.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/forward-412761_640-100x75.jpg)

![IMAGE: Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you. // [The rose is red, the violet's blue, / The honey's sweet, and so are you. //]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/garden-3_scented-violets-1_sugar-1_honey-1-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: 5. Taming the Bull. [Taming the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._5_edit312-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: 10. Return to Society. [Entering the Marketplace.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._10_edit312-100x75.jpg)