Great oaks from little…
![IMAGE: Great [Mighty/Tall] oaks from little [tiny] acorns grow.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/oak-275287_640-200x150.jpg)
Great oaks from little acorns grow. [(ME) As an ook cometh of a litel spyr.] – Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343 – 1400): Troilus and Criseyde / Mighty [Tall] oaks from tiny acorns grow. / (Great things may come from small beginnings.) More »
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![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)
