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“We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that’s the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as pe...

By seeking and blundering we learn. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, noted smart person 

"Filch" derives from the Middle English word " filchen " ("to attack" or "to steal") and perhaps fro...

Behest first appeared in 12th century Old English as "behǽs," which is formed from the prefix "be-" and the Old...

Ruck: From Old Norse hrukka (wrinkle, fold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of...

Following Fitzgerald: The Iceberg: A Story by Zelda Fitzgerald : In 1918, Zelda Sayre, later Zelda Fitzgerald, won a prize for this story, w...

Vivacious means "full of life," it can be traced back to the Latin verb "vivere," meaning "to live." The ...

Midriff.  The "riff" in "midriff" comes from Old English "hrif" ("belly, womb"). "Hrif" ...

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Hel...

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If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. PeacePilgrim

“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” Robert Lindner

Charles Dickens: On this day in history in 1859, Charles Dickens pu... : On this day in history in 1859, Charles Dickens published the final...

enormity \ih-NOR-muh-tee\  noun.  1:        great wickedness  2:        an outrageous or immoral act or offense  3 :       very lar...

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.   Swami  Viv...