Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
Quote by George Herbert about kiss, wish
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A cat keeps its crawls inside until it meets a mouse.
Proverbs and old sayings West AfricanAcorns compare their height with each other.
Proverbs and old sayings JapaneseA worm cannot kill a fly.
Proverbs and old sayings West AfricanEvents of the day 3 April
1945:
Was born Florentin Popescu.
1977:
Has died Florin Mihai Petrescu.
Famous quotes
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
Quote by Washington Irving about mind
If you think you can do it, you can.
Quote by John Burroughs about will, contentment
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Quote by George Herbert about army
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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Sleepy birds
All those sleepy birds
Now tired from flight
Hide among the leaves
Good-night!
Only the spring whispers
When the wood sleeps silently;
Even flowers in the gardens
Sleep peacefully!
Swans glide to their nest
Sheltering among...
Poems by Mihai Eminescu about night, good, good luck, garden, flowers, harmony, sleep, angels, dream, flightThe New Tower of Babel
English version by Gabriela Pachia
(1)...Into the Last State of the Matter...
The striated sky of my holy mushroom,
myriapoda like flashes of lightning – and the same
chromium ants
and the milk foam, among the planets,
and the white water lilies of the darkness
on the...
Poems by Ion Pachia-Tatomirescu about self-control, celebrity, tradition, flight, state, stars, olderness, light, contentment, eyesThe shadow
Your burnt offspring's smoke will wind
Peacefully towards the skies
Only if you bear in mind
That when you go to the sun,
Your dark shadow is behind.
Silent slave whom the grim lord
Summons by a silent gesture,
He takes heed,...
Poems by George Coșbuc about shadow, contentment, smoke, sun, nothing, flight, mind, dark, light, eyesThe 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,...
Poems by George Coșbuc about people, contentment, heart, destiny, soul, drinking, things, man, hate, earthFolklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Better suffer for the truth than prosper in a falsehood.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie, suffering, truth
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not giving it wings.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment, god
The crane was killed by the fishhook.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
Do not refuse the body what it asks for.
Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about body
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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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...
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...
