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Events of the day 18 March

AD 37:

The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.

633:

Ridda wars: The Arabian Peninsula is united under the central authority of Caliph Abu Bakr.

1068:

An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, leaves up to 20,000 dead.

1229:

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.

Eugen Dorcescu1942:

Was born Eugen Dorcescu.

Paul Anghel1931:

Was born Paul Anghel.

1947:

Was born Emil Nicolae.

Erich Fromm1980:

Has died Erich Fromm.

Laurence Sterne1768:

Has died Laurence Sterne.

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Famous quotes

John Updike

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the...

Quote by John Updike about opinion, rain, grace, sky, earth, life
John Updike

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

Quote by John Updike about opinion, conspiracy, happiness, contentment

In a relaxed body lives a relaxed mind!

Quote by Robin Sharma about meditation, body, mind
John Updike

We are most alive when we're in love.

Quote by John Updike about love
Kim Ung-Yong

I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am....

Quote by Kim Ung-Yong about happiness
Albert Einstein

Everything that men do or think concerns the satisfaction...

Quote by Albert Einstein about thinking
Albert Einstein

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of...

Quote by Albert Einstein about rules
Albert Einstein

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Quote by Albert Einstein about weakness, thinking
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, contentment
Samuel Beckett

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

Quote by Samuel Beckett about advice




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The 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,...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about shadow, contentment, smoke, sun, nothing, flight, mind, dark, light, eyes

Only One!

Her hair flows down like a river’s stream,
So slender, like a wheat stalk’s gleam,
With a black apron tied at the seam,
I lose her from my sight, beloved.

And when I see her, I turn pale;
When I don’t, I grow frail,
And when others come to...

The Keynote

The bone is a joy only when it's the forehead bone,
when it protects, does not disjoin,
as are the alkaline vertebrae
from the difficult depths of the flesh and the wedding.
I'm resigned to losing the habit
of my manner of being,
but...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about habits, being, body, time, hunger, marriage, solitude, death, joy, celebrity

Decebal to his people

This life is a lost boon if you
Don't live it as you wanted to!
Much would a warlike, ruthless foe
Enslave us all! Our birth, we know,
Was woe enough; would you get through
Another dreadful woe?

Death, even for a godlike scion,
Is...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about contentment, fight, fear, death, man, gods, bad luck, enemies, law, oath

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Hit the iron while it's still hot.

Proverbs and old sayings

A lawyer needs three bags: one full of papers, one full of money, and one full of patience.

Proverbs and old sayings French about patience, money

It is a lazy bird that will not build its own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He has meikle prayer but little devotion.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

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

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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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...

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...

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...