There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind. Classical writers may venture into classical territory, but the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it… More »
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. – William Safire (1929 – 2009) More »
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington [Edward Kennedy Ellington] (1899 – 1974) (Image by Pexels from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. – Roger Miller (1936 – 92) (Image by irfanarif666 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Constant dropping wears (away) the stone. / Patient men win the day. More »
![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat-200x150.jpg)
A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A… More »
Tomorrow is another day. – Scarlett O’Hara — Margaret Mitchell (1900 – 49): Gone with the Wind More »
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. – David Tyson (Gentry) (Image by chulmin park from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. – Aldous (Leonard) Huxley (1894 – 1963) / (Everyone thinks of…) More »
The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor. / It is blood of the soldiers that makes the general great. More »
![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)
