“The earth”, he said…
![IMAGE: "The earth", he said, "has a skin; and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases is called, for example, 'humanity'." [The earth, said he, hath a skin; and this skin hath diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is called "man."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/earth-1149733_640-200x133.jpg)
“The earth”, he said, “has a skin; and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases is called, for example, ‘humanity’.” [The earth, said he, hath a skin; and this skin hath diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is… More »
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit. [A witty fool's better than a foolish wit.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/figures-2687041_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640-100x67.jpg)
