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Events of the day 19 January

Stefan Procopiu1890:

Was born Stefan Procopiu.

Edgar Allan Poe1809:

Was born Edgar Allan Poe.

Dolly Parton1946:

Was born Dolly Parton.

Paul Cezanne1839:

Was born Paul Cezanne.

Gerald Brenan1987:

Has died Gerald Brenan.

Osho1990:

Has died Osho.

Alberto de Oliveira1937:

Has died Alberto de Oliveira.

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Famous quotes

Dolly Parton

Leave something good in every day.

Quote by Dolly Parton about day, good, good luck
Dolly Parton

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put...

Quote by Dolly Parton about rain
Julian Patrick Barnes

You grew old first not in your own eyes, but in other...

Quote by Julian Patrick Barnes about olderness, eyes, opinion, old, people
Dolly Parton

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it...

Quote by Dolly Parton about woman, day, fire, fire brigade
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
Samuel Beckett

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

Quote by Samuel Beckett about advice




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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

Love of my life

Songwriters: Freddie Mercury

you've hurt me
You've broken my heart and now you leave me
Love of my life, can't you see?
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know
What it means to me

Love of my life, don't leave me...

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, fairy tales, time, hate, dream, life, eyes, fire

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, tears, dream, soul, celebrity

Folklore

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Give saturday, you will find sunday.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

In the absence of water lizards can claim to be crocodiles.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Give neither counsel or salt till you are asked for it.

Proverbs and old sayings about moral

Godamighty mek man straight, a rum mek him can't 'tan' up.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about man

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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Dictionary, Enciclopedia

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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...