難しいから思い切ってやろうとしないのではなく、思い切ってやろうとしないから難しいのだ。 - ルキウス・アンナエウス・セネカ［小セネカ］ (紀元前4頃 - 65)
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (the Younger) (c.4B.C. - 65)
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.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)
![IMAGE: It's now or never. / The sooner the better. / When are you going to do it? If not now, then when? [Now, that's when! / Now is the time!]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/now-or-never-5950569_640trim480-100x75.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)
