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Events of the day 27 March

1309:

Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

1329:

Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

1513:

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.

1625:

Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

M1938:

Was born Mircea Braga.

I1958:

Was born Ioan Es. Pop.

Wilhelm Rontgen1845:

Was born Wilhelm Rontgen.

George Pruteanu2008:

Died George Pruteanu.

Stanisław Lem2006:

Died Stanisław Lem.

Henry B. Adams1918:

Died Henry B. Adams.

James Dewar1923:

Died James Dewar.

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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

Love of my life

Songwriters: Freddie Mercury

you've hurt me
You've broken my heart and now you leave me
Love of my life, can't you see?
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know
What it means to me

Love of my life, don't leave me...

Only One!

Her hair flows down like a river’s stream,
So slender, like a wheat stalk’s gleam,
With a black apron tied at the seam,
I lose her from my sight, beloved.

And when I see her, I turn pale;
When I don’t, I grow frail,
And when others come to...

Three, mighty God, all three!

He had three sons and they, all three,
When called, for the encampment left;
So the poor father was bereft
Of rest and peace, for war, thought he.
Is hard - one has no time to feel
That one has ceased to be.

And many months went in...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about past, man, war, fear, human imperfections, thinking, god, bankers, obstacles, stores

Folklore

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He is my friend that helps me, and not he that pities me.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Take one step to hell and you are already half way there.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell, contentment

Good sword has often been in poor scabbard.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

Blood and water don't mix.

Proverbs and old sayings about blood, water

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...

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...

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...