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Events of the day 29 March
King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.
Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
Was born Virgil Carianopol.
Was born Eugene Joseph McCarthy.
Was born Alexander Chalmers.
Was born Gheorghe Bacalbasa.
Famous quotes
I don't know anymore that I have loved once, I din't know...
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to...
Fantasia is actively promoting her new record. She is so...
The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her...
Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life...
Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the...
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is...
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the...
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer.
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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,...
Down Where The Lonely Poplars Grow
Down where the lonely poplars grow
How often have I erred;
My steps that all the neighbours know
You only have not heard.
Towards your window lighted through
How oft my gaze has flown;
A world entire my secret knew
You only have not...
Another kind of Mathematics
We know that one times one is one,
but an unicorn times a pear
have no idea what it is.
We know that five minus four is one
but a cloud minus a sailboat
have no idea what it is.
We know that eight
divided by eight is one,
but a...
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...
Folklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Never give a sucker an even break
If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.
It is no use fretting after last winter's snow.
God hath leaden feet, but iron hands.
Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.
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.
Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.
Who came back from the grave and told the story?
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
Fire.
If the pills were pleasant, they would not want gilding.
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Literary cenacle
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Dictionary literary terminology, Literary encyclopedia, Terms, Explanation of termsBovarism
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
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 - 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...