The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958)
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楽観主義者は、考え得る最良の世界に自分たちは暮らしている、と賛美する。悲観主義者は、それが本当ならどうしよう、と心配する。 - ジェームズ［ジェームス］・ブランチ・カベル (1879 - 1958)
![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: Finding is keeping. [Findings keepings.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/paper-3097505_640-100x67.jpg)
