Great people: Filippo Brunelleschi.

Fillipo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapri was born in 1377, in Florence, Italy.

He was known as an Italian architect and sculptor. Filippo Brunelleschi's movement was Renaissance.

Dome of Florence Cathedral is his work.

Filippo Bruneschi died on April 15, 1446, in Florence, Italy.

Tales from childhood: Did I do the right thing?

"You must leave him! You're a young and beautiful woman, and your husband has become ugly! Such a person can ruin your whole life!" some woman in the city center said.

Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Timothy's ex-wife. The same "man without face" the rest isn't so important.

It's just that society put a lot of pressure on me. Everyone around me said that a woman and a small child shouldn't be with such a man. So, I decided to leave Timothy together with our daughter.

"You did the right thing. Timothy must live somewhere in the forest far from people." my neighbor said.

Also, I once overheard Mrs. Anne's conversation and she said that I was a traitor! I had to accept Timothy as he is and teach the child this. But that's it! There isn't longer such an opportunity!

"Your wife acted very meanly with you. She can't just up and leave!" Mrs. Anne told Timothy.

Well, please tell me, what should I have done?!

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Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred nine.

                                                                  Tycho Brahe.

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“With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.”

“Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.”

“I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/tycho-brahe-quotes   

Parable: The Hospital Window.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation..

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band — he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.

It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”

Unknown author.

Literature. Part hundred twenty three.

                                                  The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf.

Once upon a time there was a boy named Nils. He tortured animals. Nils was turned into a little man.

He visited many different places with his friend goose named Martin.

In the end, Nils and his friend returned home and the boy became his previous size.

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Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred seven.

                                                                  Lord Byron.

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“There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living "for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is same. Only love.”

“Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. ”

“Tis strange - but true; for Truth is always strange, Stranger than Fiction”

“Friendship is love without wings.”

“I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/44407.Lord_Byron  

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.

Tales from childhood: Family friend.

Hi, everyone! I'm Raymond. Today I want to share with you that my family has a good friend.

I met him a few years ago. He is a very kind man. My wife friends with him, too.

My friend knows how to forgive and doesn't like to remember sad moments because he is a very positive person.

"I think that this is better," he said with a smile.

My family likes this type of people.

Homo ergaster.

Homo ergaster is a type of extinct humans. They lived in Africa.

Homo ergaster, also known as "working man" had his own characteristics.

These type of people had relations with other archaic humans.

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Great people: Jonathan Swift.

Jonathan Swift was a writer. He was born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland.

Satire was his genre.

Gulliver's Travels (1726) was one of Swift's notable works. This novel was translated to other languages.

He died on October 19, 1745, in Dublin, Ireland.

Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred four.

                                                    Johannes Kepler.

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“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.”

“I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.”

“Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/johannes-kepler-quotes  

Tales from childhood: My new events.

In this year I made important things yet.

Hello everyone. I'm Timothy. I spent my childhood in a foster family. Now I only keep touch with my sister Maria. My other siblings have all moved away. I don't know where they are.

A few years ago I went through a difficult time in my life. Many people didn't know about my real problem. The lady in red was the one who supported me.

"You're a good young man," she said with a kind smile.

"You have a very kind heart," I said.

Also, I knew personal secrets from this woman.

Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety five.

                                                                       Leon Battista Alberti.

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“Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.”

“Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive.”

“The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.”

Source of information:

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/leon-battista-alberti-quotes 

Tales from childhood: Real friend?

“Our daughter often talks about a certain person. Allegedly, he lost his face in an accident and his wife left him with their child. Then he had surgery to reconstruct his face.” Angela’s mother said.

“I haven’t heard anything about him. Also, I haven’t anything know about this story.” Angela’s father said.

“Maybe it’s better for such people to be as quiet as possible and not to show themselves.” the wife said.

“Yes, let such strange people roam other places. For example, in forest.” the husband said.

“It’s good that Angela now lives with Raymond and Maria, I think she’s better off there.” the woman said.

“I think so, too.” the man said.

Angela knew how to notice what others couldn’t understand, but at the same time she found like-minded people in her new family. Timothy lived with them in the same house and they treated everything calmly.

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Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety three.

                                                     Edgar Allan Poe.

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“We loved with a love that was more than love.”

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”

“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4624490.Edgar_Allan_Poe 

Literature. Part hundred five.

                                            The Cat that Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling.

Many years ago there were man and woman. They could domesticate a dog, a horse, a cow, but the cat walked on its own.

The cat was an independent animal.

People tried to tame the cat, but the animal wanted to be on her own, it only came to visit and played with the baby.

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Tales from childhood: Timothy's secrets.

"I want to talk you about my favorite color." Timothy said.

"What's your favorite color?" the lady in red asked.

"I like white color." he said.

"I have some white jewels." she said.

"It's very beautiful!" Timothy said.

The young man had white things in his house. This color symbolized silence for him. Timothy liked snow and white flowers.

Sophie and Angela sometimes told about their secrets, too.

Tales from childhood: Timothy and his friends.

"It was the best birthday in my life!" Timothy thought.

Raymond, Maria, Angela, Sophie, and Mrs. Anne were his guests. Timothy's ex-wife didn't visit him on this party. He almost forgot about this woman.

They ate holiday supper and birthday cake.

Also, Timothy visited dance party. He liked this event.

"You're very kind and handsome young man." Mrs. Anne said.

Now, Timothy had just two small scars on his face. People didn't pay attention for them. He had self-confidence.

On his birthday he visited party and danced there. Timothy walked on the street, other people didn't know about his story.

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Tales from childhood: Lucky win.

Timothy decided to try the lottery. He took this step for the attempt. For a young man, this was an opportunity.

His friends advised him to do so. 

"I still hope to win," Timothy said to himself.

The woman was one of those who thought it all up. Few believed in Timothy's victory.

But a miracle happened! He won a huge amount of money! Family and friends were happy for Timothy. Even Sophie, her mother, and grandmother.

The young man decided to invest his winnings in facial reconstruction surgery.

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Literature. Part hundred.

                                               “The Pack of Ragamuffins” by the Brothers Grimm.

Once upon a time the rooster and the hen made a carriage from nut shell.

On the way they met the duck. After they ate her egg.

Also, they met pin and needle. All went to the hotel for the night. The owner let them in.

There the rooster laid egg-shell to bake. Also, he laid pin and needle.

At the morning the owner injured with a pin and needle. Egg-shell got into his eyes.