![IMAGE: Expectation is better than realization. / There is a great difference between the fame and the reality. [The reality falls far short of the fame.] / The reality (always) falls short of the fame. [The reality often belies the fame.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/i-do-not-see-2384621_640-200x135.jpg)
Expectation is better than realization. / There is a great difference between the fame and the reality. [The reality falls far short of the fame.] / The reality (always) falls short of the fame. [The reality often belies the fame.] More »
Opposites attract. More »
Nobody’s perfect. More »
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. – Arnold… More »
An emotional decision is often a wrong decision. More »
Manners are stronger than laws. More »
![IMAGE: Thought is free. [Thoughts are free.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thoughts-101033_640-200x141.jpg)
Thought is free. [Thoughts are free.] More »
![IMAGE: Freedom is not free. [Freedom isn't free. / Freedom's not free. / Freedom ain't free.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/640px-KoreanWarMemorialFreedom-200x133.jpg)
Freedom is not free. [Freedom isn't free. / Freedom's not free. / Freedom ain't free.] (an American idiom or Proverb) (By 350z33 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Spare the rod and spoil the child. More »
Draw Dragon Dot Eyes. – Zhang Yanyuan (c.815 – c.877): Famous Paintings through History 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)
