This is the mark of…
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) (Image by Richard Mcall from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »




![IMAGE: Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bronze-610837_640-200x133.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)





