If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 90)
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もし君が死後にその名を残したければ、読まれるに値するものを書くか、書かれるに値することをしなさい。 - ベンジャミン・フランクリン (1706 - 90)
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![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: 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_640-100x68.jpg)
![IMAGE: A creaking gate hangs long. [A creaking door hangs long.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hands-981400_640_wood-928962_640-100x67.jpg)
