Spring, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances
Hodgson
Burnett

"Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like...?"
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine..."

― Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), The Secret Garden (1911)

"봄이 오고 있을까요?" 그는 말했다. "어떤 모습일까요?"
"그건 비가 오고 있는데 햇빛이 비치는 거고, 태양이 빛나는데 비가 오고 있는 것 같죠."

- 프랜시스 호지슨 버넷 (Frances Hodgson Burnett) 소설가, 비밀의 화원

Work, Czech Proverb

Bez práce nejsou koláče.
Literal translation: There are no cakes without a job.

- Czech Proverb

Idiomatic translation: No pain, no gain.
Source: Šedivý, Ivo Bez práce nejsou koláče (1982)

Denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees, Gospel of Matthew

Denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees.

The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

+ Gospel of Matthew 23,11-12

Life, Chuck Palahniuk

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.

- Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Life, Aaron Hotchner from Criminal minds

Hotch: "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will." Chuck Palahniuk

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, The Angel Maker [4.2]

Advice, Chinese Proverb

不要害怕成长地太慢，唯一可怕的是原地不动。

- 中國俗談

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

Comedy, Charlie Chaplin

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Patience, Wall Street

One of the essential qualifications of the successful investor is patience.

- Wall Street

Sit tight and the market give you in due time the signal.

Spring, Henry Timrod

Spring is a true reconstructionist.

- Henry Timrod (1828–1867)

Advice, Croatian Proverb

Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Croatian Proverb

Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 0415096243.

Accusation and Appeal, Isaiah

Accusation and Appeal

Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land; But if you refuse and resist, you shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!

+ Book of Isaiah 1,18-20

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1

Today, Emma Morley from One Day (2011)

Whatever happens tomorrow, we've had today.

- Anne Hathaway as Emma Morley from One Day (2011)

Friend, Chinese Proverb

交友慢，失友快。

- 中國俗談

You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can lose one in an hour.

- Chinese Proverb

Love, Anonymous

Love is the delightful interval between meeting and discovering that looks like .

- Anonymous

From (Laura) Haddock to haddock.

Love, John Barrymore

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

- John Barrymore (1882-1942)

Finance, Warren Buffett

It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.

- Warren Buffett (1930- ), Wall Street

Charlie Munger said, "Warren and I are chicken about buying stocks on margin."

Spring, Christina Rossetti

Spring is when life's alive in everything.

- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Wisdom, Catalan Proverb

Com més vell més poc cervell.'
Idiomatic translation: ”Wisdom goes not always by years.”
Meaning: Age will not refrain people from acting foolish and unprudent.

- Catalan Proverb

Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 0415160502.

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

Accusation and Appeal, Isaiah

Accusation and Appeal

Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.

+ Book of Isaiah 1,16-17

http://www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1

War, Hotch from Criminal minds

Hotch: "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." Ernest Hemingway

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, Mayhem [4.1]

War, Ernest Hemingway

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Advice, Chinese Proverb

想让别人看到自己的优点，就得先承认他人的长处。

- 中國俗談

If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

- Chinese Proverb

Work, William Lyon Phelps

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

- William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)

Investor, Wall Street

When enough investors find themselves shorn, scapegoats will be sought.

- Wall Street

The real reason for a protracted decline is never bear raiding.

Spring, Emily Dickinson

A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.

- Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886)

Advice, Bulgarian Proverb

Ако сам не си помогнеш, и господ не може да ти помогне
Translation: If you don't help yourself, even God cannot help you.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Bulgarian Proverb

Khileva, Stela (1998). Obrechenata: roman. Zhazhda. p. 40.

Proverbs from all Bulgarian speaking parts of the world.

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

Advice, Book of Proverbs

The evildoer gives heed to wicked lips, the liar, to a mischievous tongue.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 4

http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/
http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Celebrity, Phoebe Cates

I was only 17 when I did my nude scenes in Paradise (1982). They were serious and more difficult because they were not easily justified. But the topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was funny, which made it easy.

- Phoebe Cates (1963- )

내가 파라다이스(1982)라는 영화에서 누드 장면을 찍었을 때 나는 겨우 17살이었습니다. 쉽게 정당화되지 않았기에 심각했고, 더욱 힘들었습니다. 그러나 리치몬드 연애 소동(1982)의 상반신 누드 장면은 재미있었고, 그러기에 어렵지 않았습니다.

- 피비 케이츠 (Phoebe Cates | Phoebe Belle Cates) 영화배우

Goodness, Chinese Proverb

真正的善良源自一个人的内心。

- 中國俗談

True goodness springs from a man's own heart.

- Chinese Proverb

Relativity, Albert Einstein

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Dokdo, AHN Gap-suk

I'd like to join a campaign to raise awareness about Korea's sovereignty over the islets. [amid Japan's dubious colonial claim over Korea's Dokdo]

- AHN Gap-suk

The one millionth visitor, Apr. 19, 2013

Investor, Wall Street

Successful investor must not only observe accurately but remember what he has observed.

- Wall Street

Bet always on probabilities.

Spring, David Assael

Well, spring sprang. We've had our state of grace and our little gift of sanctioned madness, courtesy of Mother Nature. Thanks, Gaia. Much obliged. I guess it's time to get back to that daily routine of living we like to call normal.

- David Assael

Bird, Bosnian Proverb

Latin: Bolje vrabac u ruci, nego golub na grani.
Cyrillic: Боље врабац у руци, него голуб на грани.
Translation: A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the branch.

- Bosnian Proverb; Kovačević (1991). Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka. Filip Višnjić. p. 48.

Proverbs from all Bosnian speaking parts of the world.

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English equivalent

¶ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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