Our humanity is a…
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. – Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) (Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

![IMAGE: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. [By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/eden-3733571_640-200x122.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: Scratch me and I'll scratch you. [Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fish-378286_640_india-299_640-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: There is no rule without exceptions. [There is no general rule without some exceptions.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rose-369106_640-100x75.jpg)

