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Night of the Saint Andrew

On the 30th of November, Romaian people is celebrating Saint Andrew, the spiritual patriarch of Romania.

The night before Saint Andrew's Eve is known as the night of the ghosts( strigoi), strigoi means in Romanian...

Keep a thing for at least seven years and you'll find a use for it.

Mary's boy child

Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas Day.
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
A new King born today.
And man will live forevermore
Because of...

Seek and ye shall find

Speak as you find

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)

The man dying to hang himself can always find a noose.

The world will not find rest by just saying peace.

A bird that prays for rain will find its self soaked.

Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.

If you observe attentively you will even find wisdom in shadows.

If you are not an animal you will never find yourself in a trap.

He who takes a light to find a snake should start at his own feet.

He who doesn't find is way back from the forest gets lost within it.

The greatest crime in a desert is to find water and keep silent about it.

When a lion cannot find the flesh to feed on, it has no choice but to eat the grass.

The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.

How come that when I lost my sheep and could not find it, I was questioned; but the hyena who was found with the sheepskin is not questioned.

He who leans against a big tree will always find shade.

When in doubt, find out.