Patience, Turkish Proverb


Patience is the key to paradise.

- Turkish Proverb

인내는 천국의 열쇠다.

- 터키속담

Advice, Thai proverbs

กระต่ายหมายจันทร์
Transliteration: Kra-tie' mai jhun.
Translation: A rabbit aims for the moon.
English equivalent: Don't stretch your arms more than your sleeves can reach.

- Thai proverbs

Meaning: Don't aim at the impossibilities; get grounded.
Winitchaikun (1987). Rattanakōsin. Bamrung Sān.


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thai_proverbs

Spear, African Proverb


A sharp spear needs no polish.

- African Proverb

날카로운 창은 광택이 필요없다.

- 아프리카속담

Life, George Moore


A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

- George Moore
인간은 자신이 필요로 하는 것을 찾아 세계를 여행하고 집에 돌아와 그것을 발견한다.

- 조지 무어

Swiss, Blaise Pascal


The Swiss are offended by being called gentlemen, and prove themselves true plebeians in order to be thought worthy of great office.

- Blaise Pascal PENSÉES 305

Work, Russian Proverb


Let everyone pick his own nose.

- Russian Proverb

제각기 자기 코를 닦게 해라.

- 러시아속담




Computers, Richard Dawkins

If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result.

- Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (1986), III, p.50 ISBN 0-393-31570-3


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computers

Sword, Terry Pratchett

The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

- Terry Pratchett, in his Discworld novel The Light Fantastic (1986)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sword

Switzerland, Graham Greene


Switzerland is only bearable covered with snow...like some people are only bearable under a sheet

- Graham Greene, "travels with my aunt"