
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. - T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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我々の知るところは余りに多く、確信するところは余りに少ない。我等の文学は宗教の代用品、我等の宗教もまた然り。 - T・S・エリオット (1888 - 1965)

![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: If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed. [If you don't read the newspapers, you are uninformed. If you do read them, you are misinformed.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/quote-5616922_640-100x63.png)

