The true worth of a…
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. – Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus) (121 – 180): Meditations (Image by edoardo taloni from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![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: Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is much [far] safer to be feared than (to be) loved.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/niccolo-macchiavelli-165412_640_lion-116601_640-100x75.jpg)