I count him braver…
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. – Aristotle (384 – 322B.C.) / (The first and best…) (Image by moritz320 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of… More »


![IMAGE: I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. [I have forgotten the books I have read and the dinners I have eaten, but they both helped make me.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/food-6123416_640-200x133.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_640-200x133.jpg)
![IMAGE: Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bronze-610837_640-200x133.jpg)

![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)





