Famous quotes, Poems, Folklore, Cenacle

Events of the day 14 September

Mihai Leoveanu1953:

Was born Mihai Leoveanu.

Gheorghe Neagu1949:

Was born Gheorghe Neagu.

Ivan Pavlov1849:

Was born Ivan Pavlov.

Sydney Harris1917:

Was born Sydney Harris.

Dante Alighieri1321:

Died Dante Alighieri.

Ioan Gură de Aur0407:

Died Ioan Gură de Aur.

Isadora Duncan1927:

Died Isadora Duncan.

Corneliu Vadim Tudor2015:

Died Corneliu Vadim Tudor.

see all events of the day

Famous quotes

quotes of the day (see all)
top quotes (see all)

Famous authors

Levi StraussLevi StraussDumitru IchimDumitru IchimNicolae TesleaNicolae TesleaMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahIoan NeacsuIoan NeacsuKurt Zadek LewinKurt Zadek Lewin
Authors photo gallery

Writings

Writing: poems, songs.

Categories / Writings

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

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, meetings, question, things, end, good, good luck, home

Another kind of Mathematics

We know that one times one is one,
but an unicorn times a pear
have no idea what it is.
We know that five minus four is one
but a cloud minus a sailboat
have no idea what it is.
We know that eight
divided by eight is one,
but a...

Nichita StănescuPoems by Nichita Stănescu

The Lake

Water lilies load all over
The blue lake amid the woods,
That imparts, while in white circles
Startling, to a boat its moods.

And along the strands I'm passing
Listening, waiting, in unrest,
That she from the reeds may issue
And...

Mihai EminescuPoems by Mihai Eminescu about water, fall, feelings, lie, moon, light

Folklore

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

You should lie down with the lamb and rise with the lark.

Proverbs and old sayings English about lie, contentment

He who stays near vermilion gets stained red; he who stays near ink gets stained black.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about magic

He who is feared by many, fears many.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It's good to hope, it's the waiting that spoils it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about hope, good, good luck

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

Folklore, Categories

Literary cenacle

The RightWords literary circle lets you join the group, post your writings, and share views with group members.

Dictionary, Enciclopedia

Dictionary literary terminology, Literary encyclopedia, Terms, Explanation of terms
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...

Authors
Katharine HepburnRadu CarneciRainer Maria RilkeSergiu SomesanAlexis CarrelJoseph Robert TheismannInigo Lopez de MendozaNaguib MahfouzGheorghe BaliciTom OsborneAlexandru PhilippideRazvan TupaNancy AstorCharles EdwardMary Roberts RinehartRomulus Cojocaru
Famous quotes
Last quotesTop famous quotesQuotes of the dayRandom quotesFamous quotes on themesFamous quotes on authorsMurphy's lawsQuotes definitionsPropose a quote
Folklore
Last folkloreTop folkloreProverbs and old sayingsTraditions and superstitionsSpells and incantationsTraditional SongsRiddlesCarolsPropose folklore