Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its...
Quote by William Ellery Channing about mind, ignorance, knowledge, nature
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May as well be here we are as where we are.
Proverbs and old sayings AustralianEveryone has their own way of killing fleas.
Proverbs and old sayings MexicanEvents of the day 7 April
1951:
Was born Ana Bantos.
1947:
Was born Petru Poanta.
Famous quotes
Every doorway, every intersection has a story.
Quote by Katherine Dunn about love
Nonetheless, it is still popular to assert that all...
Quote by Katherine Dunn about criminals
Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.
Quote by Katherine Dunn
I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am....
Quote by Kim Ung-Yong about happiness
Everything that men do or think concerns the satisfaction...
Quote by Albert Einstein about thinking
I have only two rules which I regard as principles of...
Quote by Albert Einstein about rules
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Quote by Albert Einstein about weakness, thinking
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the...
Quote by William Blake about philosophy, sleep, night
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is...
Quote by Henry Ford about succes, progress, beginning
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the...
Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson about judgment, judges, day, contentment
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Quote by Samuel Beckett about advice
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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...
Poems by George Coșbuc about past, man, war, fear, human imperfections, thinking, god, bankers, obstacles, storesSign 12
Little by little she became a word,
bundles of soul on the wind,
a dolphin in the clutches of my eyebrows,
a stone provoking rings in water,
a star inside my knww,
a sky inside my shoulder,
and I inside I.
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...
Poems by Nichita StănescuUnwords
He offered me a leaf like a hand with fingers.
I offered him a hand like a leaf with teeth.
He offered me a branch like an arm.
I offered him my arm like a branch.
He tipped his trunk towards me
like a shoulder.
I tipped my shoulder to...
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Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, knowledge
Soon crooks the tree That good gambrel would be.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck
When the father has eaten too much salt in his lifetime, then his son thereafter will have a great thirst.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
Anyone who teases you loves you.
Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about contentment
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
Who came back from the grave and told the story?
Proverbs and old sayings Tunisian
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 - 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...
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 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...
