生まれて初めて目にする時のように、あるいは死ぬまで二度と目にしない時のように、あらゆるものをご覧なさい。そうすれば皆さんの人生は、至福の輝きに包まれることでしょう。 - ベティ・スミス (1896 - 1972)
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Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. - Betty Smith (1896 - 1972)
![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: Fortune favors the bold. [Fortune favors the brave.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hijab-3064633_640-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: That's water under the bridge. [That's water over the dam.] / Let bygones be bygones.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/waterfall-100072_640-100x75.jpg)
