We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. - Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): Self-Help ch.11
(Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay)
(Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate)
（←クリックでこの名言の日本語を表示）
（←クリックでこの名言の日本語を隠す）
我々はしばしば、どうしてうまく行かないのかを見出すことで、どうすればうまく行くのかを発見する。おそらく、失敗経験のない人は、そのような発見をしたこともないだろう。 - サミュエル・スマイルズ (1812 - 1904): 『自助論［西国立志篇］』第11章
![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: Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. [Those who live in glass houses should never throw stones.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/architecture-1750788_640-100x67.jpg)
