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Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
One good turn deserves another; One half of the world does not know how the other half lives; One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a ...
A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
Abramović, who has just turned 77, describes her body as her tool. She has tested it in almost every way possible in the name of art, enduring vast amounts of pain and once even losing ...
by God, not fortune/luck: Motto of the Epsom College in Surrey, England and Fairham Freemasons Lodge No.8002 in the province of Nottinghamshire. Deo optimo maximo (DOM) To the best and greatest God: Derived from the pagan Iupiter optimo maximo ("to the best and greatest Jupiter"). Printed on bottles of Bénédictine liqueur. Deo patriae litteris
Fear of the number 9 is known as enneaphobia, in Japanese culture; this is because it sounds like the Japanese word for "suffering". [4] [5] The number 13. Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia. The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39.
Luck. Fate. Blessing. A glitch in the matrix. Or, if you’re more skeptical, just a coincidence.. It’s a phenomenon that, from a statistical perspective, is random and meaningless.
His wife wiped his eyes with her handkerchief as he said the last words, alluding to Revelation 21:4. [20] "I have always endeavored, to the best of my ability, to serve God, my king and my country. I go to the place God has designed for those who love him." [5]: 37 [j] — Anthony Collins, English philosopher and deist (13 December 1729)