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Events of the day 8 May

Harry S. Truman1884:

Was born Harry S. Truman.

A1945:

Was born Antoaneta Apostol.

D1937:

Was born Darie Novaceanu.

Alex Van Halen1955:

Was born Alex Van Halen.

Antoine Lavoisier1794:

Died Antoine Lavoisier.

Gustave Flaubert1880:

Died Gustave Flaubert.

Paul Gauguin1903:

Died Paul Gauguin.

Robert A. Heinlein1988:

Died Robert A. Heinlein.

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Barbu Stefanescu DelavranceaBarbu Stefanescu DelavranceaWalter John MatthauWalter John MatthauAlfred BinetAlfred BinetRadu D. RosettiRadu D. RosettiAngela GheorghiuAngela GheorghiuFiorello Henry LaGuardiaFiorello Henry LaGuardia
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Sad love song

Only my life will die for me, in truth,
sometime.
Only the grass knows the taste of the earth.
In truth, only my blood misses
my heart when it leaves.
The air is tall, you are tall,
my sadness is tall.
There comes a time when horses...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu

Yesterday

What was yesterday like?
Ah, yesterday was yesterday.
I remember the order of stars:
Three were alike, three were alone
One was fostering a bigger star
With a wing flapping over the sea
Distended from another ocean.
It had no...

NPoems by Nicolae Sirius

Ode (in ancient meter)

Hardly had I thought I should learn to perish;
Ever young, enwrapped in my robe I wandered,
Raising dreamy eyes to the star styled often
Solitude's symbol.

All at once, however, you crossed my pathway -
Suffering - you, painfully...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about contentment, old, sadness, symbol, eyes, solitude, hope, suffering, being, thinking

Evening Star

There was, as in the fairy tales,
As ne'er in the time's raid,
There was, of famous royal blood
A most beautiful maid.

She was her parents' only child,
Bright like the sun at noon,
Like the Virgin midst the saints
And among stars...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about celebrity, magic, love, art, world, death, eyes, day, good luck, stars

Folklore

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No relation is poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about relation

He who lies once is never believed again.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

The darkest hour is just before the dawn

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

A prophet is not without honour save in his own country.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about honour, country

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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