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Events of the day 3 April

Albert Samain1858:

Was born Albert Samain.

F1945:

Was born Florentin Popescu.

Adrian Mihai Bumb1974:

Was born Adrian Mihai Bumb.

George Herbert1593:

Was born George Herbert.

Graham Greene1991:

Died Graham Greene.

Gerhard Tersteegen1769:

Died Gerhard Tersteegen.

F1977:

Died Florin Mihai Petrescu.

Johannes Brahms1897:

Died Johannes Brahms.

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The shadow

Your burnt offspring's smoke will wind
Peacefully towards the skies
Only if you bear in mind
That when you go to the sun,
Your dark shadow is behind.

Silent slave whom the grim lord
Summons by a silent gesture,
He takes heed,...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about shadow, contentment, smoke, sun, nothing, flight, mind, dark, light, eyes

Knot 19

Be aware that I can kill,
that I can crush with my heel the sweet head
of the peaceful rising star,
because of this I've turned to painting houses!

Be aware that I take no pity on myself,
that I mix my blood with birch trees!
I bring...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about attention, painting, heads, blood, celebrity, contentment

A Dacian's Prayer

When death did not exist, nor yet eternity,
Before the seed of life had first set living free,
When yesterday was nothing, and time had not begun,
And one included all things, and all was less than one,
When sun and moon and sky, the...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about god, mercy, praise, earth, nothing, death, heart, things, gods, joy

Ode (in ancient meter)

Hardly had I thought I should learn to perish;
Ever young, enwrapped in my robe I wandered,
Raising dreamy eyes to the star styled often
Solitude's symbol.

All at once, however, you crossed my pathway -
Suffering - you, painfully...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about contentment, old, sadness, symbol, eyes, solitude, hope, suffering, being, thinking

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Even the devil needs a friend.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil

A husband and wife often fight intensely at one moment and then kiss intensely at the next moment.

Proverbs and old sayings Taiwanese about moment, kiss, husband, fight, wife

Over-praise is a burden.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about burden, praise

Too many sacks are the death of the ass.

Proverbs and old sayings German about death

A mother was asked:
"Which of your children do you love the most?"
She replied:
"The sick one until they are well, the absent one until they return, the small one until they grow up, and all of them until I die."

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about love

Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about happiness

There are 3 simple rules in life:
- don't promise when you're happy,
- don't answer when you're nervous,
- don't decide when you're angry.

Proverbs and old sayings British about life, rules, promise, happiness, contentment

Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about spirit, law, man

Traditional Irish Curse

Spells and incantations Irish

Traditional Wexford Curse

Spells and incantations British

What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?

Fire.

Riddles

If the pills were pleasant, they would not want gilding.

Proverbs and old sayings American

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Phoenix bird

Phoenix bird

Quite often we hear around us being used the expression - "Reborn from the ashes as the Phoenix bird" and perhaps many times, we fail to make the connection between the depicted situation and expression – Phoenix bird. The word originates in the...

Bovarism

Bovarism

Bovarism is the term that denotes a person's state of discontent towards its own existence, constructing a fictitious personality to match his ideals. This alter ego of the person functions as a protection from too cruel world for which is not...

A priori - a posteriori

A priori - a posteriori

A priori - the term means before any experience, independent from any experience, from the earlier. This term is in close relationship with its opposite a posteriori , from experience, from the later. Both expressions are used in Philosophy and...

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