人間が抱く希望の前に立ちはだかる最も恐るべき敵は、愚かしい現実ではなく、その現実に向き合おうとしないエリートたちだ。 - マックス・イーストマン (1883 - 1969)
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The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. - Max Eastman [Max Forrester Eastman] (1883 - 1969)
![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: He that falls today may rise [be up] tomorrow (again). / Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/falling-24_slippery-15_step-98_stairs-15_forest-78-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: A necessary lie is harmless. / The end justifies the means. [The end sanctifies the means.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/santa-claus-579113_strassenfasnet-641210-100x75.jpg)