The pleasures of the…
The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor. / It is blood of the soldiers that makes the general great. More »
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Use short sentences…
Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. Never use old slang. Eliminate every superfluous word. (Kansas City Star rules for writing) / (The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City,… More »
For every ailment…
![IMAGE: For every ailment under the sun, [For every evil under the sun,] / There is a remedy, or there is none. // If there be one, try to find it; / If there be none, never mind it. //](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sun-3588618_640-200x133.jpg)
For every ailment under the sun, [For every evil under the sun,] / There is a remedy, or there is none. // If there be one, try to find it; / If there be none, never mind it. // -… More »
I cannot remember…
![IMAGE: I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. [I have forgotten the books I have read and the dinners I have eaten, but they both helped make me.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/food-6123416_640-200x133.jpg)
I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. [I have forgotten the books I have read and the dinners I have eaten, but they both helped make… More »
Wise men speak…
![IMAGE: Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bronze-610837_640-200x133.jpg)
Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something. – Plato [Platon] (427 – 347B.C.) / (or, Author Unknown?) (Image by mvivirito0 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
It’s now or…
![IMAGE: It's now or never. / The sooner the better. / When are you going to do it? If not now, then when? [Now, that's when! / Now is the time!]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/now-or-never-5950569_640trim480-200x150.jpg)
It’s now or never. / The sooner the better. / When are you going to do it? If not now, then when? [Now, that's when! / Now is the time!] / (Strike the iron while…) / (Tomorrow never comes…) (Image… More »
Take the bull by the…
![IMAGE: Take the bull by the horns. [Seize the bull by the horns. / The bull must be taken by the horns.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/New-Year-Card-2021ok312net640-200x135.jpg)
Take the bull by the horns. [Seize the bull by the horns. / The bull must be taken by the horns.] (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Tomorrow belongs to…
Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. (Old African Proverb) / Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X [Malcolm Little] (1925 – 65) (Image… More »
There is no fool…
![IMAGE: There is no fool like an old fool. [(There's) No fool like an old fool.] / A fool at forty is a fool indeed.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/the-old-man-1998604_640-200x113.jpg)
There is no fool like an old fool. [(There’s) No fool like an old fool.] / A fool at forty is a fool indeed. (Image by ArtTower from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Keep your eyes wide…
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterward. (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: I never lose. I either win or learn. [Either I win or I learn.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nelson-mandela-539834_640-100x67.jpg)
