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Courage, John Wayne

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne 용기란, 죽을 만큼 무섭지만 어쨌든 전진하는 것이다. - 존 웨인

War, Thomas A. Edison

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. - Thomas A. Edison 어느 날, 과학에 의해 매우 두려운 힘을 지닌 기계나 힘이 태어나, 그것은 매우 두려운 것이어 죽고 죽이는데 익숙한 군인들조차 겁먹고 전쟁을 영원히 포기하는 날이 올 것이다. - 토마스 A. 에디슨

Art, Oscar Wilde

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) 역설적으로 비록 예술이 인생을 모방하는 것처럼 보일지라도 그래도 아직 사실입니다. 인생이 예술을 모방한다는 것이. - 오스카 와일드 (Oscar Wilde) 소설가

Losses, Wall Street

Let profits run; limit all losses. - Wall Street Losers are always in the wrong. 이익은 커가도록 놔두고 손실은 무조건 잘라내라. - 월가격언 손실은 반드시 잘못된 행동에서 나오는 법이다.

Winter, William Cowper

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O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, ... I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know. - William Cowper (1731-1800) 새해의 지배자인 겨울! 세가지 은밀한 최고의 즐거움이 있나니, 화롯가의 즐거움, 가정의 행복, 그리고 방해받지 않는 노년의 안락함과 느긋한 저녁 시간이여. - 윌리엄 쿠퍼

Advice, Vietnamese proverbs

Ai làm nấy chịu. Translation: Whoever does something is responsible for it. English equivalent: Whoever sows wind shall harvest storm. Meaning: "Trouble once started can spark off a chain reaction, often resulting in a great trouble out of control." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). "103". European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese. Veszprémi Nyomda. p. 459. ISBN 1-875943-44-7. Minh (2005). Thá̆p ngọn đuó̂c hò̂ng - Vietnamese proverbs Proverbs from all Vietnamese speaking parts of the world. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vietnamese_proverbs

Love, Henry David Thoreau

There is no remedy for love but to love more. — Henry David Thoreau