Toothache tends to start on Saturday night. – Arthur Bloch (1948 – ): Murphy’s Law and Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong! (Image by miniformat65 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
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 »
Of two disputants, the warmer is generally in the wrong. (Image by suju from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) (Image by WolfBlur on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of… More »
Half a loaf is better than no bread. [Half a loaf is better than none.] / Something is better than nothing. / A little is better than none. / (Similar expressions: A bad bush is better than the open field.)… More »
One good turn deserves another. / He who gives to another bestows on himself. (Image by rawpixel on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you. // [The rose is red, the violet's blue, / The honey's sweet, and so are you. //]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/garden-3_scented-violets-1_sugar-1_honey-1-200x150.jpg)
Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you. // [The rose is red, the violet’s blue, / The honey’s sweet, and so are you. //] – from Mother Goose More »
A soft fire makes sweet malt. More »
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. – Henry J.[John] Kaiser (1882 – 1967) More »
Some people stay far away from the door, / If there’s a chance of it opening up, / They hear a voice in the hall outside, / And hope that it just passes by. // – Billy Joel (1949 -… 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)
![IMAGE: Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. [Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/statue-of-liberty-2629937_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Be faithful to thyself. [Be faithful to yourself.] / Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/prayer-1308663_640-100x67.jpg)
