27 April 異端者という呼称は、常に少数派に当てられてきた。
The appellation of heretics has always been applied to the less numerous party.
--- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) born on 27 April
26 April 全ての人間は、もし出来れば暴君になりたいと思っている。
All men would be tyrants if they could.
--- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) passed away on 26 April
25 April このざらざらのところ、吹き出物、ほくろ、その他
何でも見た通りに描け。さもなければ、絵にびた一文払わぬぞ。 Remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
--- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) born on 25 April
24 April 私は木が好きだ。他の物よりも木は自分の生きねばならない道に諦めているように見えるから。
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
--- Willa Silbert Cather (1876-1947) passed away on 24 April
23 April もろき者よ、汝の名は女なり。
Frailty, thy name is woman.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) passed away on 23 April
22 April 二つのものが私の心をいよいよ増大する驚きと畏れとをもって満たす。
わが上の輝く大空と、わが心の内なる道徳律とが。
Two things fill my mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe:
the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me.
---immanuel Kant (1724-1804) born on 22 April
21 April もし男性が女性の腕の中に落ちながら掌中に落ちなければ、女性は地上でもっとも魅力あるものとなるであろうに。
Women would be the most enchanting creatures on earth if in falling into their arms one didn’t fall into their hands.
--- Henri de Montherlant(1896-1972) born on 20 April