You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.
― Elizabeth Gilbert
Beauty, Elizabeth Gilbert
Investing, Wall Street
Investing is earning a return in exchange for shouldering risk.
- Wall Street
Get your risks straight.
투자란 리스크를 부담하는 대가로 수익을 얻는 것이다.
- 월가격언
당신이 짊어진 리스크를 직시하라.
Breeding, Turkish Proverb
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
- Turkish Proverb
태생보다는 양육이 더 중요하다.
- 터키속담
Advice, Mencius
山徑之蹊間 介然用之而成路 爲間不用 則茅塞之矣.
- 孟子 盡心下
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
- Mencius, the great philosopher
산중에 난 좁은 길도 계속 다니면 길이 되고, 다니지 않으면 곧 풀이 우거져 막힌다
- 맹자[孟子, Mencius] 진심하
- 孟子 盡心下
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
- Mencius, the great philosopher
산중에 난 좁은 길도 계속 다니면 길이 되고, 다니지 않으면 곧 풀이 우거져 막힌다
- 맹자[孟子, Mencius] 진심하
Honesty, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742~1799)
만약 모든 사람들이 갑자기 정직해진다면, 굶어죽을 사람들이 많을 것이다.
- 게오르크 리히텐베르크(Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742~1799), 독일 물리학자이자 계몽 사상가
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742~1799)
만약 모든 사람들이 갑자기 정직해진다면, 굶어죽을 사람들이 많을 것이다.
- 게오르크 리히텐베르크(Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742~1799), 독일 물리학자이자 계몽 사상가
Neighbor, Ambrose Bierce
NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
Death, Ali
Every breath you take is a step towards death.
- Ali, Nahj ul-Balagha, sayings:74
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Death
- Ali, Nahj ul-Balagha, sayings:74
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Death
Adam and Eve, F. H. Bradley
“Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived.” It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
- F. H. Bradley, Aphorisms, no. 94 (1930)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve
- F. H. Bradley, Aphorisms, no. 94 (1930)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve
Parting, Alfred Tennyson
Gone - flitted away,
Taken the stars from the night and the sun
From the day!
Gone, and a cloud in my heart.
- Alfred Tennyson
떠났네 훨훨
밤에게서 별을
낮에게서 해를 가져갔네
떠났네, 이제 내 마음에는 구름만이 남았네.
- 알프레드 테니슨
Stock, Wall Street
The stock market has a way of inducing humility in even its most brilliant student.
- Wall Street
The stock doesn't know you own it.
주식시장은 아무리 똑똑한 학생조차 비참하게 만들 수 있다.
- 월가격언
주식은 당신이 자신을 소유하고 있다는 사실을 알지 못한다.
Attitudes, Oscar Wilde
A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
Money, Western Proverb
Money is power.
$ Western Proverb
돈이 힘이다.
- 서양속담
Drink, Kaley Cuoco as Penny from The Big Bang Theory
Sheldon: I'll have a Diet Coke.
Penny: OK, will you please order a cocktail? I need to practice mixing drinks.
- Kaley Cuoco as Penny from The Big Bang Theory, The Grasshopper Experiment [1.08]
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory
Wisdom, The Book of Proverbs
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
- The Bible, The Book of Proverbs 16:16
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wisdom
- The Bible, The Book of Proverbs 16:16
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wisdom
War, General Douglas MacArthur
They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
- General Douglas MacArthur
야만인 같은 그들은, 상처입고 울부짖는 늑대들처럼 처절하게 죽어갔다. 그들은 천박하고 더럽고 악취를 풍겼다. 그래도 난 그들을 사랑했다.
- 더글라스 맥아더
Love, Vincent van Gogh
The best way to know God is to love many things.
- Vincent van Gogh
신을 아는 최상의 방법은 많은 걸 사랑하는 것이다.
- 네덜란드 화가 빈센트 반 고흐(Vincent van Gogh, 1853~1890)
- Vincent van Gogh
신을 아는 최상의 방법은 많은 걸 사랑하는 것이다.
- 네덜란드 화가 빈센트 반 고흐(Vincent van Gogh, 1853~1890)
Money, John Adams
All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, as much from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.
- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson (25 August 1787)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Money
- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson (25 August 1787)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Money
History, Isaac Asimov
There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
~ Isaac Asimov ~
~ Isaac Asimov ~
Science, Steven Weinberg
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
- Steven Weinberg
우주를 이해하고자 하는 노력은 인생을 웃음 거리보다 좀 더 나은 수준으로 높여 주는 몇 안 되는 일 중 하나이며, 이러한 노력은 인간의 삶에 약간은 비극적인 우아함을 안겨줍니다.
- 스티븐 와인버그
Discourse, St. Francis de Sales
@ A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
- St. Francis de Sales, Letter upon Eloquence
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