We are born weak, we…
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712… More »



![IMAGE: You live and learn. [(We) Live and learn.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cycling-419438_1280trim640-200x150.jpg)

![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: Though this be madness, ye there is method in it [in't].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/skull-220049_640-100x66.jpg)

![IMAGE: A good conscience is a soft pillow. [A clear conscience is a soft pillow.] / A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/baby-4116187_640-100x68.jpg)
