We often discover…
We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles (1812 – 1904): Self-Help ch.11 (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech… More »
![IMAGE: A good conscience is a soft pillow. [A clear conscience is a soft pillow.] / A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/baby-4116187_640-100x68.jpg)
![IMAGE: We never meet without parting. [We never meet without a parting.] / The best of friends must part. / Meeting is the beginning of parting.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fantasy-4065900_640trim480-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: You can't please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.] / One cannot be in two places at once.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lake-4194143_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: It is the first step that is troublesome [difficult]. [The first step is always the hardest.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/boy-1272637_640-100x56.jpg)
![IMAGE: Let the cat wink and let the mouse run. [Let the cat wink and the mouse runs.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tom-and-jerry-2397258_640trim480-100x75.png)
![IMAGE: Good swimmers are oftenest drowned. [Good swimmers at length are oftenest drowned.] / Even Homer sometimes nods. / No one is wise at all times.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/swimming-pool-830505_640-100x69.jpg)