That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. – Aldous (Leonard) Huxley (1894 – 1963) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by… More »
To learn something and regularly practice it — is it not a joy? To have schoolfellows come from distant states — is it not a pleasure? Not to blame when men do not accept you — is it not like… More »
There is nothing in this world constant, but inconstancy. – Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) (Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
A trouble shared is a trouble halved. (Image by ErikaWittlieb from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
There is a time for everything. (Image by Couleur from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. (Image by Dean Moriarty from Pixabay) / (Image by silviarita from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: The Tao [Way] that can be followed is not the eternal Tao [Way]. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth, while naming is the origin of the myriad things. Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery; ever desiring, you see the manifestations. These two are the same--when they appear--they are named differently.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nature-4283139_640-200x133.jpg)
The Tao [Way] that can be followed is not the eternal Tao [Way]. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth, while naming is the origin of the… More »
There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand. – Dante (Alighieri) (1265 – 1321) (Image by Waltteri Paulaharju from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
There are two kinds of people who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else. – Cyrus H. K. [Hermann Kotzschmar] Curtis (1850 – 1933) (Image by Ryan McGuire… More »
There’s a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. – John Erskine (1879 – 1951) (Image 1 by Shahid Shafiq from Pixabay) (Image 2 by Shahid Shafiq… More »
![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)
