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Getting what you go after is called success, but liking it while you are getting it is called happiness.

A person does not objects to being called, he objects to what he is called for.

Martisor - the celebration of spring

Martisor is a Romanian ancient tradition, it’s been dated for 8000 years, which celebrates the beginning of the spring on 1 March. Is the celebration of joy, freshness, the victory of Good against Bad. The...

A dog does not mind being called a dog.

Even the small leopard is called leopard.

Slashing isn't digging nor is digging called sowing.

It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.

You see this thing called blood there is nothing like it.

A man is called a drunkard when he misbehaves, not when he drinks.

He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.

In times of need a pig is called uncle.

Life unfolds on a sheet called time and once finished is gone forever.

He who cannot suffer discomfort, will not be called for important things.

What is called into a forest is the same what is echoed from the forest.

All wish to live long, but none to be called old.

A cow is not called dappled unless she has a spot.

A dog who is called for, an honest man goes himself.

He is called clever who cheats and plunders his friend.

The fox which was caught in a snare called: If I shall not get the whole chicken, I will not be satisfied with the drumstick.

Be the thing you would be called.