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Events of the day 24 September

Sorin Vidan1968:

Was born Sorin Vidan.

Horace Walpole1717:

Was born Horace Walpole.

V1930:

Was born Victor Nistea.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald1896:

Was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald.

Alexandre Lacassagne1924:

Died Alexandre Lacassagne.

Paracelsus1541:

Died Paracelsus.

Francoise Sagan2004:

Died Francoise Sagan.

T1991:

Died Theodor Seuss Geisel.

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Season's end

I was so very aware
that the afternoon was dying in the domes,
and all around me sounds froze,
turned to winding pillars.

I was so very aware
that the undulant drift of scents
was collapsing into darkness,
and it seemed I had never...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about feelings, season, contentment, end, moon, face

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

The Keynote

The bone is a joy only when it's the forehead bone,
when it protects, does not disjoin,
as are the alkaline vertebrae
from the difficult depths of the flesh and the wedding.
I'm resigned to losing the habit
of my manner of being,
but...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about habits, being, body, time, hunger, marriage, solitude, death, joy, celebrity

So Fresh Thou Art...

So like the sweet, white cherry blossom,
So tender and so fresh thou art,
And on my life's way like an angel
Appearing thou dost light impart.

Thou scarcely touchest the soft carpet,
The silk on thee doth rustling stream,
From top to...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about art, magic, eyes, happiness, dream, light, fairy tales, guilt, soul, smile

Folklore

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Forgive and regret much later.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about regret, americans

A honey-comb in the mouth of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The account of the donkey is different from that of the donkey-man.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about man

A fu' sack will tak a clout o' the side.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

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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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...

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...

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