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A Turkish proverb about a clown who moves into a palace
When a clown moves into a palace, he does not become a king. The palace turns into a circus Turkish proverb
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And the weaver, and Babarikha, and the crooked cook sit round the Tsar, staring like evil toads
A quotation from a Doctor of Sciences on an analytical programme on Channel One about the meeting in Alaska. There will be no other analysis today
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As My Great-Grandfather Used to Say: Well, Is Everyone Here?
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"Sergey Viktorovich, how are you feeling ahead of the summit?" "See for yourself"
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The Louvre bookshop places cacti between its book tables
Cacti! The Louvre's bookshop has found an original and long-awaited solution to the problem of visitors squeezing between tables laden with stacks of books and knocking them over, catching them with a sleeve, a bag or a hip. Cacti placed between the tables will unfailingly halt the
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Is It Appropriate to Speak of Hydrophobia in the Case of Odysseus?
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“You shall not pass,” he said in an even voice
“You shall not pass,” he said in an even voice. A dead silence fell at once. “I serve the Secret Fire and wield the Flame of Anor. You shall not pass. The dark fire of Udûn will not avail you. Go back to the Shadow!” In short, the Anor of
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Order of the Pug, founded by Elector Clemens August of Cologne and outlawed in 1748
In the eighteenth century pugs were so popular in Europe that one Masonic lodge came to be called the Order of the Pug. Members of the order wore collars, barked and bowed down before images of pugs. The secret society known as the "Order of the Pug" appeared
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Modern pigments in the “Botticelli Madonna” point to Umberto Ginti as its author
Botticelli's "Madonna of the Veil" turns out to be a twentieth-century fake, painted from the popular 1930s actress Jean Harlow. Doubts about its authenticity were confirmed by the discovery of modern pigments. The true author of the "Botticelli Madonna" proved to be the
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International Commerce in Suzdal
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Trump deified in India on the eve of his visit to the country in early 2020
Trump was deified in India on the eve of his visit to the country in early 2020. I understand, of course, that Hinduism is the closest living equivalent of the Hellenic religion, and that the Romans never missed a chance to admit new gods and fold them into their worldview.
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