One doesn’t discover…
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – André Gide (1869 – 1951) (Image by Youssef Jheir from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google… More »

![IMAGE: There are plenty of other pebbles on the beach. [There are plenty of other pebbles on the shore].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pebbles-2796732_640-200x112.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: 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_640-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: You cannot eat your cake and have it (too). [You cannot have your cake and eat it (too).]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cake-1746435_640-100x56.jpg)
