![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.)](http://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640.jpg)
無用の用。［人は皆、有用なものの有用性は知っているが、無用なものの有用性を知らない。／人皆有用の用を知るも、無用の用を知ること莫き也。］ - 荘子［荘周］ (紀元前369頃? - 前286頃?): 「人間世」
/ (たとえ今すぐ役に立たなくても、後々役立つこともある。)
/ (［（漢）人皆知有用之用、而莫知無用之用也。］)
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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.] - Zhuangzi [Zhuang Zhou / Chuang Tzu] (c. 369? - c. 286B.C.?): "The Human World"
/ (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)
![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: Slow and steady wins the race. [Slow but steady wins the race.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rabbit-90_turtle-50_mountains-80_directory-23-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living. [There is no real difference between work and play - it's all living.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/life-2418344_640-100x64.jpg)
