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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,...

Hark the herald angels sing,

Hark the herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies,
With angelic host proclaim,...

Maker Of The Sun And Moon

The Maker of the sun and moon,
The Maker of our earth,
Lo! late in time, a fairer boon,
Himself is brought to birth!

How blest was all creation then,
When God so gave increase;
And Christ, to heal the...

A man will never heed the voice of a woman until it is too late.

A human learns how to talk early, but how to keep silent late.

When your horse is on the brink of a precipice it is too late to pull the reins.

When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins.

One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late.

He that always thinks it is too soon is sure to come too late.

He who always thinks it is too soon, is sure to come too late.

If the icy snow carries you at midsummer, then we can expect a late spring.

Ideas are something that usually comes like fireman- too late.

If you tell the truth too early, you are laughed at -- too late and you are stoned.

An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.

An empty purse, and a finished house, make a man wise, but too late.

Timely rain cheers my soul; water and sun during seeding, inspires hope; the rains of April and May are late at night; then the good mornings, will be the wealth of the houses.

If the olive trees blossom in April, you'll have enough to collect them with barrels; if they bud in May, you'll have enough to fill a small measure; but if as late as June, you'll only be collecting handfuls.

Had you gotten up early, you wouldn't have needed to stay up late.