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Holiday of Saint Nicolae

Saint Nicolae is the spiritual patriarch in Holland, Russia, Greece, France and in a lot of cities from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. He is known as the protector of poor people, sailors, tradesmen,...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

Traditional Irish Curse

May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can't find you with a telescope.

Spells and incantations Irish

The kingdom of heaven is within you; and whosoever shall know himself shall find it.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about contentment

Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it. Often attributed to French author Jules Renard (1864–1910)

Proverbs and old sayings British about truth, old, olderness, contentment

Occasionally a man with a right smart education can't find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings about education, intelligence, bad, rightness, americans, man

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rest, work

A poor man would like to have some fun, but he cannot find the right place.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, man

There are two kinds of men: those who could be happy and are not, and those who search for happiness and find it not.

Proverbs and old sayings about happiness, man

If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about woman

Everybody regrets not what he leaves but what he does not find.

Proverbs and old sayings

You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are, and you will not find that person anywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Buddhist about affection, people, love, contentment