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Events of the day 6 October

Marc Levy1961:

Was born Marc Levy.

Petre Țuțea1902:

Was born Petre Țuțea.

Gerry Adams1948:

Was born Gerry Adams.

C1943:

Was born Constantin Coroiu.

Dan Cojocaru2009:

Died Dan Cojocaru.

Alfred Tennyson1892:

Died Alfred Tennyson.

Bette Davis1989:

Died Bette Davis.

Walter Hagen1969:

Died Walter Hagen.

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Now it's autumn...

Now it's autumn, leaves roam and scatter,
Again the wind flings heavy drops against the glazing;
And you're reading old letters, tattered and fading
And retrace a whole life-time in just one hour.

With sweet trifles you enjoy such...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about old, olderness, autumn, contentment, fairy tales, time, hate, dream, life, eyes

Distance

is the cog wheel
on the haunted axle of my hearing,
grinding fine the deadened mind
of that unborn god
waiting to be caught
by the earth's blue speed,
and carrying in a handled urn
the plucked heart - ours,
it's beating,...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu about speed, memory, mind, tears, earth, god, heart, contentment

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, angels, tears, dream, soul, celebrity

Three, mighty God, all three!

He had three sons and they, all three,
When called, for the encampment left;
So the poor father was bereft
Of rest and peace, for war, thought he.
Is hard - one has no time to feel
That one has ceased to be.

And many months went in...

George CoșbucPoems by George Coșbuc about past, man, war, fear, human imperfections, thinking, god, bankers, obstacles, stores

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When I have money in my purse, I have food in my mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, money

The chakata fruit on the ground belongs to all, but the one on the tree is for she who can climb.

Proverbs and old sayings

Two great talkers will not travel far together.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He that does not save pennies, will never have pounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

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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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...

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