The belief that becomes truth for me is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action. - André Gide (1869 - 1951)
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自分にとって真となる信条とは、己の力を最大限引き出し、長所を発揮するに最適な方法のことだ。 - アンドレ・ジッド［ジイド／ジード］ (1869 - 1951)
![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: It's now or never. / The sooner the better. / When are you going to do it? If not now, then when? [Now, that's when! / Now is the time!]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/now-or-never-5950569_640trim480-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: Strike the iron while it is hot. [Strike while the iron is hot.] / Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/forge-550622_640-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. [I have forgotten the books I have read and the dinners I have eaten, but they both helped make me.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/food-6123416_640-100x66.jpg)