Time passes, and…
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true. – Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922) (Image by Bruno /Germany 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: Temperance is the best physic. [Temperance is the best medicine.] / Light suppers make long life.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/salmon-518032_640-100x75.jpg)
