The saddest thing I…
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Momentmal from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »


![IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/candle-1285146_640-200x132.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: 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-100x67.jpg)