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I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone. - Bill Cosby

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. ~Eric Fromm

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. - Samuel Johnson.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. - D. H. Lawrence

If we let our friends become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend. - Harriet Beecher Stowe

I have just created a gadget for learning Korean named English Korean Proverb.
Here's its screenshot:

You can add it in your iGoogle pages or in your blog at this address: tinyurl.com/EnKoProverb
A proverb is written in Korean and English will be shown every day in the gadget but you can learn a new one by clicking the New Proverb link.
Hope you enjoy it and improve your Korean language skills soon.

A: Your dress looks good on you.
B: Thank you. It's very nice of you to say so.
A: Where did you get it?
B: My gift on my birthday.

A: That blouse goes well with your slack suit.
B: Thank you. I had a difficult time finding one to match the suit.

A: That tie looks great on you.
B: Thank you

Without friendship and the openness and trust that go with it, skills are barren and knowledge may become an unguided missile. - Frank H.T. Rhodes

You know what? She will get married to John.
ねえ知ってる？彼女、ジョンと結婚するんだって。

A: How many employees showed up at the meeting today?
B: I can give you a ball park figure but I don't have the exact number.

A: Can you give me a ball park figure?
B: I'd say around 5,000$.
A: That sounds good.

A: How much did you pay for your new laptop?
B: Actually, I don't remember since my wife bought it for me on my birthday.
A: Can you give me a ball park figure?
B: Roughly, I would say around 1,200$.

Love is what makes a crowd disappear when you're with someone - Elvis Presley

Rượu vào, lời ra
Drunkness reveals what soberness conceals.

わたしの会社では仕事の成果に基づいて昇進が決定される。
Promotions at my company are made on the basis of one's results.