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Events of the day 19 March

1279:

A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.

1563:

The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.

1649:

The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".

1687:

Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.

William Jennings Bryan1860:

Was born William Jennings Bryan.

David Livingstone1813:

Was born David Livingstone.

Dinu Lipatti1917:

Was born Dinu Lipatti.

Arthur Charles Clarke2008:

Has died Arthur Charles Clarke.

Nicolae Filimon1865:

Has died Nicolae Filimon.

Hugo Claus2008:

Has died Hugo Claus.

Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej1965:

Has died Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej.

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Famous quotes

Ambrose Bierce

Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks...

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about faith, knowledge, things
Mariana Fulger

It is pointless is to ask what the soul does not require,...

Quote by Mariana Fulger about soul, pointless
Maya Angelou

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is...

Quote by Maya Angelou about love, self-control, respect
Edward A. Murphy

The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal...

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, end, purpose, order, work
Harriet Jacobs

The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her...

Quote by Harriet Jacobs about spring

Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life...

Quote by Anita Krizzan about spring
Reginald Heber

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.

Quote by Reginald Heber about spring
Algernon Charles Swinburne

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne about spring
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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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 old, sadness, symbol, eyes, solitude, hope, suffering, being, thinking, celebrity

O Remain

O remain, dear one, I love you,
Stay with me in my fair land,
For your dreamings and your longings
Only I can understand.
You, who like a prince reclining
Over the pool with heaven starred;
You who gaze up from the water
With such...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about water, country, miracle, age, olderness, charm, magic, secret, moon, love

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 fight, fear, man, bad luck, enemies, law, oath, bad, fasting, people

The insolvent debtor

Home walked she from the mill
Her sack was down and she
Could not lift it again.
"May I help? " "What? " "For pay! "
And in the narrow lane
Good girls shouldn't wave away
Such offers and say "nay".
That she agreed was plain.

With...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about kiss, help, judges, question, things, end, good, good luck, home

Folklore

Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.

As a man lives, so shall he die.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Martisor - the celebration of spring

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

Marriage teaches you to live alone.

Proverbs and old sayings French about marriage

The best of the mill is that the sacks can't speak.

Proverbs and old sayings German

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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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

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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...