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Events of the day 6 June

Thomas Mann1875:

Was born Thomas Mann.

Sabin Dragoi1894:

Was born Sabin Dragoi.

M1937:

Was born Marta Barbulescu.

Pierre Corneille1606:

Was born Pierre Corneille.

Ciprian Porumbescu1883:

Died Ciprian Porumbescu.

Friedrich Hölderlin1843:

Died Friedrich Hölderlin.

Robert F. Kennedy1968:

Died Robert F. Kennedy.

Carl Gustav Jung1961:

Died Carl Gustav Jung.

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AristotelAristotelAntoine de Saint ExupéryAntoine de Saint ExupéryIon RoșuIon RoșuCharles-Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordCharles-Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordOvidiu HurduzeuOvidiu HurduzeuVladimir Nikolayevich LosskyVladimir Nikolayevich Lossky
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Distance

is the cog wheel
on the haunted axle of my hearing,
grinding fine the deadened mind
of that unborn god
waiting to be caught
by the earth's blue speed,
and carrying in a handled urn
the plucked heart - ours,
it's beating,...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about speed, memory, mind, tears, earth, god, heart, contentment

Venus and Madonna

Oh, ideal lost in night-mists of a vanished universe:
People who would think in legends - all a world who spoke in verse;
I can see and think and hear you - youthful scout which gently nods
From a sky with different starlights, other Edens,...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about contentment, woman, angels, eyes, celebrity, smile, heart, magic, spirit, god

In the cone of light

A poet was musing the dark.
I knew it too. I told my friends,
And implied the words were not mine.
But they only laughed
And pushed my head into the penumbra of light.
"Look, look, they eagerly cried;
His face is like thunder, like...

NPoems by Nicolae Sirius about home, affection, need, light, autumn, question, wish, hope, house, word

The poet

A soul in the soul of my people am I
And sing of its sorrows and joys,
For mine are your wounds and I cry
Whenever you do, drinking dry
That chalice of poison that's meant for Fate's toys.
Whatever your pathway, together we'll ail,...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about people, contentment, heart, destiny, soul, drinking, things, man, hate, earth

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A good meal is worth hanging for.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

In the absence of honest men, they made my father mayor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

For the diligent, a week has seven days; for the slothful, seven tomorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day

Oil is best at the beginning, honey at the end, and wine in the middle.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about beginning, wine, end

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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