Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Literature. Part hundred twenty one.

                                                        "The Story of Caliph Stork" by Wilhelm Hauff.

Once upon a time there was a ruler named Caliph Charid.

By magic he turned into different animals. When ruler Caliph turned into a stork, he forgot the spell.

Then he and the Princess learned the magic word and turned back into people.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/illustration-caliph-storks-fairy-tales-667023289



Great people: Leon Battista Alberti.

Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian scientist, artist, writer, philosopher, and architect.

He was born on February 14, 1404, in Genoa, Italy.

Alberti's movement was in Italian Renaissance.

He had his own notable works.

Leon Battista Alberti died on April 25, 1472, in Rome, Italy.




Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred six.

                                                     Mary Shelley.
Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley-frankenstein-2444505395



“nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose”

“The beginning is always today.”

“Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.”

Source of image:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/11139.Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley