これが老子とは初耳だ。 http://www.rctm.com/app/Category/427.html
To the timeless adage by Lao Tzu; "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,"
they add, "Develop teachers of fishermen, and you lift all society."
Thanks. I looked it up in a dictionary and it gave origins in English, when it was given as:
"Talk of the devil and the devil ..." in a speech I think. 1700s?
At least according to this entry, the phrase does not have widespread European origins.
speak or talk of the devil, and he will appear.
Freq. shortened to talk of the devil; esp. used in reference to a person who appears unexpectedly when one is talking about him.
[1591 LYLY "Endimion" I. iii. 3, O that we had Sir Tophas..in the midst of our myrth, & ecce autem, wyl you see the deuill?]
1666 G. TORRIANO "Piazza Universale" 134
The English say, Talk of the Devil, and he's presently at your elbow.
1672 "Cataplus, a mock Poem" 72 (in Hazlitt Prov.)
Talk of the Devil, and see his horns.
a1721 PRIOR "Hans Carvel" 71
Forthwith the Devil did appear, For name him and he's always near.
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed are king."
Au pays des aveugles les borgnes sont rois.
Andhanam deshe kâna eva prabhavati.
知らんかった。 http://www.wikisearch.net/proverb
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http://www.bartleby.com/73/1611.html
AUTHOR: John Winthrop (1588–1649)
QUOTATION: For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world.
My guess is that there's a similar key quote by Mildred (Bette Davis) in the film "Of Human Bondage."
1897年 23歳 医学校の学位を取る。この間、産科助手として62人の子供を取り上げたそうです。医者としての経験を基にした処女長編小説『ランベスのライザ』(Liza of Lambeth)を出版する。作家になる事を決心するが、後年、医者をやめてしまった事で、素晴らしい人生経験の供給所を自ら閉ざしてしまった事を後悔している。
http://www.bartleby.com/66/55/32555.html
QUOTATION: I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations—one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it—you will regret both.
ATTRIBUTION: Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher. “Balance between Esthetic and Ethical,” vol. 2, Either/Or (1843, repr. 1987).
Daddy, what does regret mean?
Well son, the funny thing about regret is,
It's better to regret something you have done,
Than to regret something you haven't done.
And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend,
Be sure and tell her, SATAN, SATAN, SATAN!!!
Various websites attribute the following quote to the syndicated columnist Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986):
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
A search on the Newspaperarchive.com database finds that this quote did indeed appear in Harris' column on Jan. 8, 1951 (syndicated in the Daily Courier of Waterloo, Iowa).
1. Ah King Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
Doubleday, Doran & company, inc, 1933. Mass market pb. 306 p. 21 cm.
Ah King. --Footprints in the jungle.
--The door of opportunity.
--The vessel of wrath.
--The book-bag.
--The back of beyond.
--Neil MacAdam. vintage paperback.
Too much informers and too much beast
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su
Can’t I-ditate in a tenement yard
Dreadlocks can’t lick him pipe in peace
Too much Babylon and too much laws
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Note:
"su-su" means gossip
"too much beast" is a term for the police
"red man", is a reference to whites
"I-ditate" is ras-talk for "meditate"
"People with great minds talk about ideas.
People with average minds talk about events.
People with small minds talk about other people."
- Ann Landers
"People with great minds talk about ideas.
People with ordinary minds talk about things.
People with small minds talk about other people."
-- EleanorRoosevelt?
Romantic love usually involves you perceiving the other person in ways and manners that you want to—remember back to your first “romance.” You saw that other person being what you wanted him or her to be—you overlooked or rationalized the aspects of that person’s personality or behavior that did not appeal to you or degraded the romantic picture you had developed. And then as the allure of the “romance” wore off, you came to see that person as he or she really was—the old phrase “the bloom is off the rose” was most accurate. But when there was true love and affection, the other person’s imperfections were accepted. A degree of maturity took over and compromises were made.
"be careful what you wish for, lest it come true", which always makes me think of the Tale of the Monkey's Paw (Edgar Allen Poe?).
Monkey's Paw, which is a classic horror story apparently written by W.W. Jacobs,, first appearing in Harpers Monthly in 1902. The story begins with a quotation "Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it"
