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Events of the day 18 October

1936:

Was born Ion Arama.

Coman Sova1933:

Was born Coman Sova.

Henri Bergson1859:

Was born Henri Bergson.

Heinrich von Kleist1777:

Was born Heinrich von Kleist.

Thomas Alva Edison1931:

Has died Thomas Alva Edison.

Teodor Mazilu1980:

Has died Teodor Mazilu.

Charles Babbage1871:

Has died Charles Babbage.

Jose Ortega y Gasset1955:

Has died Jose Ortega y Gasset.

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Famous quotes

Bedros Horasangian

I do not in the stereotype of weak and strong sex. I am...

Quote by Bedros Horasangian about woman, sex, world
Henri Bergson

The motive power of democracy is love.

Quote by Henri Bergson about love, democracy, power
Henri Bergson

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.

Quote by Henri Bergson about laughter
Bedros Horasangian

We ended in capitalism to feel on our own skin the absurd...

Quote by Bedros Horasangian about politics, communism, capitalism, absurd
Dumitru Găleşanu

From the point of view of light, nothing can reach its...

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about light
Dumitru Găleşanu

Infinite portals of worlds are opening, movement by...

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about light
Dumitru Găleşanu

Love had nestled in our souls, facing the opposing...

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about infinite
Dumitru Găleşanu

The movement of matter perpetually accompanies us with...

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about memory
William Blake

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the...

Quote by William Blake about philosophy, sleep, night
Henry Ford

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is...

Quote by Henry Ford about succes, progress, beginning
Robert Louis Stevenson

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the...

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson about judgment, judges, day
Samuel Beckett

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Quote by Samuel Beckett about advice




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Unwords

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...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about salary, blood, man

The ascension of words

Thus, like the skin
of a shorn ewe, the day rises.

It is difficult to skin the self from a stone.
It is difficult to skin memory from a Greek.

But why should we talk about these!
After all,
light too has a skin,
light too can be...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about light, hunger, memory, self-control, air, being, word, blood, heart, love

Christmas Also Came Here

Christmas also came here
To soothe our pain,
White snow is falling over my life
It’s snowing over my soul,
White snow is falling
Over my life
That ends here.

The star begins to shine
On the holy manger
And once again three magi...

Tudor GheorgheSongs by Tudor Gheorghe about christmas, pain, sin, life, end, tears, dream, soul, celebrity

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...

Folklore

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There are many echoes in the world, but few voices.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about world, americans

Some men wonder over God's values, others over the cut of a garment.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about miracle, man, god

One moment's error becomes a lifetime of sadness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness, error, moment

It is not all, always mallow.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

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

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

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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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...

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...