A gentleman will not…
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. – Frederick Douglass (c.1817 – 1895) (Image by 3rdeyedezine0 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) 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: Fish and guests stink after three days. [Fish and company stink in three days.] / The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fish-3646477_640_stranger-2861954_640-100x75.jpg)
