Old men, Western Proverb


Old men and travellers may lie by authority.

- Western Proverb

늙은이와 여행가는 거짓말을 해도 권위가 있다.

- 서양속담

Travel, Miriam Beard


Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

- Miriam Beard

확실히 여행은 단순한 관광 이상이다. 여행은 삶에 관한 상념들에 계속해서 일어나는 깊고, 영구적인 변화이다.

- 미리엄 비어드, 인생명언

Modesty, Malaysian proverb


The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed.

- Malaysian saying

바다 거북은 아무도 모르게 수 천개의 알을 낳는다. 하지만 암탉은 알 하나를 낳고도 온 마을에 알린다.

- 말레이시아속담

Money, George Bernard Shaw


Lack of money is the root of all evil.

- George Bernard Shaw

가난은 모든 악의 근원이다.

- 조지 버나드 쇼

Acquisition, Ira Steven Behr

Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.

- Ira Steven Behr, Rule #3, The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition (1995)

Action, B.C. Forbes


The victors of the battles of tomorrow will be those who can best harness thought to action. From office boy to statesman, the prizes will be for those who most effectively exert their brains, who take deep, earnest and studious counsel of their minds, who stamp themselves as thinkers.

- B.C. Forbes

http://thoughts.forbes.com/thoughts/b-c-forbes

Theology, Archibald Alexander

All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass — "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."

- Archibald Alexander, p. 580. Quote in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).

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

Grass, Francis Bacon

Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.

- Francis Bacon, Essays (1625), "Of Gardens".

Compassion, Benjamin Disraeli

Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth.

- Benjamin Disraeli, in Contarini Fleming : A Psychological Autobiography (1832), p. 45; sometimes paraphrased: "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

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

Internet, William R. Cheswick

The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back. I don't need hammers and bombs to get in when I can walk in through the door.

- William R. Cheswick, quoted in Joshua Quittner, "Cracks in the net", Time Feb. 27, 1995