Be who you are and…
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870 – 1965) (Image by Elisa from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the… More »

![IMAGE: The biter is bit. [The biter is sometimes bit.] / Many go for wool and come back shorn. [Many go out for wool and come home shorn.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/skull-476740_640-200x133.jpg)

![IMAGE: A wonder lasts but nine days. [Wonders last only nine days.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wonder-woman-552109_640-200x150.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: 10. Return to Society. [Entering the Marketplace.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._10_edit312-100x75.jpg)


