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3 May 2024

  • 21:0321:03, 3 May 2024 ‎Ren Bishi (hist | edit) ‎[1,078 bytes] ‎Apisite (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''{{w|Ren Bishi}}''' (Chinese: 任弼时; pinyin: Rén Bìshí; Wade–Giles: Jen Pi-shih; 30 April 1904 – 27 October 1950) was a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP). {{Bio-stub}} ==Quotes about Ren Bishi== * Ren Bishi was a gifted ideologist and military commander, who might have emerged as the CCP’s second-in-command had he not criticized some of Chairman Mao’s military choices and suffered from health problems that led...")
  • 18:1318:13, 3 May 2024 ‎Daphnis and Chloe (hist | edit) ‎[2,812 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{italic title}} '''''{{w|Daphnis and Chloe}}''''' (Greek: Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη, ''Daphnis kai Chloē'') is a Greek pastoral novel written during the Roman Empire, the only known work of second-century Hellenistic romance writer {{w|Longus}}. == Quotes == * This will cure him that is sick, and rouse him that is in dumps; one that has loved, it will remember of it; one that has not, it will instruct. For there was never any yet that wholly could escape love, and...")
  • 15:2915:29, 3 May 2024 ‎Tim Fischer (hist | edit) ‎[1,732 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Timothy Andrew Fischer''' (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019) was an Australian politician and diplomat. == Quotes == * It is so much easier to do the job if you're on the ground in Rome. The Vatican is not entirely a closed shop, but you have to know where to look, which conferences to attend, which contacts to pursue. ** [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/24073/australian-ambassador-countries-without-rome-based-embassy-suffer Australian ambassador: countr...") originally created as "Timothy Andrew Fischer"
  • 13:4413:44, 3 May 2024 ‎The Wind in the Willows (hist | edit) ‎[24,779 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{italic title}} '''''{{w|The Wind in the Willows}}''''' is a classic children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets into trouble. It also details short stories about them that are disconnected from the main narrative. The novel was based on bedtime stories Grahame told his son Alastair. It has been adapte...")
  • 13:3013:30, 3 May 2024 ‎John Payne (poet) (hist | edit) ‎[1,939 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Payne''' (23 August 1842 – 11 February 1916) was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career and had associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later he became involved with limited edition publishing and the {{w|Villon Society}}. == Quotes == * Straight and swift the swallows fly<br>To the sojourn of the sun;<br>All the golden year is done,<br>All the flower-time flitted by;<br>Thro’ the boughs the witch-win...")
  • 13:1113:11, 3 May 2024 ‎Meadow (hist | edit) ‎[1,970 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''{{w|meadow}}''' is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable conditions, but are often artificially created from cleared shrub or woodland for the production of hay, fodder, or livestock. Meadow habitats, as a group, are characterized as "semi-natural grasslands", meaning that they are...")
  • 12:4512:45, 3 May 2024 ‎Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller) (hist | edit) ‎[928 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''{{w|Edward Wortley Montagu}}''' (15 May 1713 – 29 April 1776) was an English author and traveller. == Quotes == * The government of Athens, after the abolition of Monarchy, was truly democratic and, so much convulsed by those civil dissensions which are the inevitable consequences of that kind of government, that of all the Grecian states the Athenian may be the most strictly termed the seat of faction. ** ''Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Antient Republic...")
  • 12:0012:00, 3 May 2024 ‎Pacific Ocean (hist | edit) ‎[5,405 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''{{w|Pacific Ocean}}''' is the largest and deepest of the Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the {{w|Arctic Ocean}} in the north to the {{w|Southern Ocean}} (or, depending on definition, to {{w|Antarctica}}) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the {{w|Americas}} in the east. == Quotes == * How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by Storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how...")
  • 11:5411:54, 3 May 2024 ‎2024 Indian general election (hist | edit) ‎[1,865 bytes] ‎ᘙ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''General elections''' are being held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 4 June 2024. {{politics-stub}} == Quotes == * As far as the Gandhi family is concerned, it is not just Amethi-Raebareli, the entire country from north to south is the stronghold of the Gandhi family. Rahul Gandhi has been MP thrice from Utta...")
  • 09:1909:19, 3 May 2024 ‎Jean Juvénal des Ursins (hist | edit) ‎[1,296 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Jean (II) Juvénal des Ursins''' (1388–1473), the son of the royal jurist and provost of the merchants of Paris Jean Juvénal, was a French cleric and historian. He is the author of several legal treatises and clerical publications and the ''Histoire de Charles VI, Roy de France'' is attributed to him. His works serve as some of the main sources for information relating to the {{w|Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War}} and the final phase of...")
  • 08:5208:52, 3 May 2024 ‎Hesperides (poetry collection) (hist | edit) ‎[9,056 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{italic title}} '''''Hesperides''''' (complete title, '''''Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq.''''') is a book of poetry published in 1648 by English {{w|Cavalier poet}} Robert Herrick. This collection of 1200 lyrical poems, his {{w|magnum opus}}, was published under his direction, and established his reputation. It is replete with ''{{w|carpe diem}}'' sentiments. The title refers to the {{w|Hesp...")
  • 08:1708:17, 3 May 2024 ‎Rebecca Staffelli (hist | edit) ‎[8,127 bytes] ‎37.181.79.167 (talk) (Created page with "'''Rebecca Staffelli''' (born 21 May 1998) is an Italian television presenter, radio presenter and model. == Quotes == * '''About Valerio Staffelli''' Working with dad was fantastic, the best thing in the world is having him by your side. I don't know about the future, I'm still young. Dad, he always told me to "fly low and learn what you want to do". ** '''''Su Valerio Staffelli''' Lavorare con papà è stato fantastico, la cosa...") Tag: Disambiguation links
  • 07:2007:20, 3 May 2024 ‎Denis Florence MacCarthy (hist | edit) ‎[3,145 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb|Portrait of Denis Florence McCarthy '''{{w|Denis Florence MacCarthy}}''' (26 May 1817 – 9 April 1882) was an Irish poet, translator, and biographer, from Dublin. == Quotes == * Youth’s bright palace<br>  Is overthrown,<br>With its diamond sceptre<br>  And golden throne;<br>  As a time-worn stone<br>Its turrets are humbled—<br>All hath crumbled<br>  But grief alone!...")
  • 07:0507:05, 3 May 2024 ‎Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (hist | edit) ‎[1,369 bytes] ‎2001:8003:dd56:5500:e017:192f:8f14:dbf5 (talk) (Created page with "{{italic title}} '''''Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run''''' is a 2015 American animated direct-to-video adventure comedy film in the ''Looney Tunes'' franchise produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is the first new Looney Tunes direct-to-video film since ''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' was released nine years prior. The film was made shortly after The Looney Tunes Show, and shares much of the same crew as...")
  • 03:0303:03, 3 May 2024 ‎Gambia (hist | edit) ‎[1,316 bytes] ‎Apisite (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''{{w|The Gambia}}''', officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the...")
  • 02:1002:10, 3 May 2024 ‎Yan'an Rectification Movement (hist | edit) ‎[1,390 bytes] ‎Apisite (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Yan'an Rectification Movement''' (simplified Chinese: 延安整风运动; traditional Chinese: 延安整風運動; pinyin: Yán'ān Zhěngfēng Yùndòng) was a political mass movement led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1942 to 1945. The movement took place in the Yan'an Soviet, a revolutionary base area centered on the remote city of Yan'an. Although it was during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the CCP was experiencing a time of relative peace w...")

2 May 2024

  • 23:2523:25, 2 May 2024 ‎Hermann Raich (hist | edit) ‎[1,246 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Hermann Raich''' (2 May 1934 – 9 October 2009) was an Austrian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Wabag. == Quotes == * There is always the gap between the Christian ideal and actual practice. Here lies the essence of inculturation. Cultures help to interpret the Gospel while the Gospel helps to purify cultures. This is a slow process. The Church must also give more attention to...")
  • 22:2922:29, 2 May 2024 ‎Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert (hist | edit) ‎[1,101 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert''' (2 May 1960 –) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has serves as the bishop of Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux. == Quotes == * It is not a question of lowering the church's moral requirements. When Jesus said that the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of us, he was not advocating prostitution. There are things that offend us, that sho...")
  • 21:5921:59, 2 May 2024 ‎Joseph Andrew Williams (hist | edit) ‎[1,048 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Joseph Andrew Williams''' (May 2, 1974 –) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. == Quotes == * I’m at home in a parish. I always have been. I've heard it said before, that parishes are where you really touch the people, where you can really make a difference in their lives. I'll never, ever tire of tha...")
  • 21:3921:39, 2 May 2024 ‎Manlio Simonetti (hist | edit) ‎[1,010 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Manlio Simonetti''' (2 May 1926 – 1 November 2017) was an Italian scholar. == Quotes == * Given the subject matter, I cannot be an objective observer and disinterested because I see everything that can benefit the Latin favorably. The Latin also adapts very well to the synthesis required by the new social network, even more than English. ** [https://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2013/01/19/pope_to_tweet_in_latin/in2-657349 Pope to tweet in Latin (19...")
  • 17:2817:28, 2 May 2024 ‎Humayun Kabir (Bharatpur politician) (hist | edit) ‎[1,821 bytes] ‎ᘙ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Humayun Kabir''' (born 3 January 1963) is an Indian politician from West Bengal, who is a member of the West Bengal Assembly (MLA) from Bharatpur constituency since 2021. A member of Trinamool Congress, he also served as cabinet minister during First Banerjee Ministry.[1] During his career as Congress, he served as MLA at Rejinagar from 2011 [2] until his resignation on 2012. {{stub}} == Quotes == * I will leave politics...")
  • 17:0017:00, 2 May 2024 ‎Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (hist | edit) ‎[1,570 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Paul Fitzpatrick Russell''' (May 2, 1959 –) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit. == Quotes == * The Holy See has always just sent me where they needed me, it's been a very beautiful experience. It hasn't always been easy, being so far from home and family, but I will miss it. At the same time, direct pastoral ministry has always been my firs...")
  • 16:1316:13, 2 May 2024 ‎Wikiquote:Quote of the day/May 15, 2024 (hist | edit) ‎[563 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| style="background: {{{color}}}" | align=center | 400px | align=center |   | align=center | {{quote of the day | quote =  <!-- ⨀ <br /> --> Thou silver deity of secret night,<br>  Direct my footsteps through the woodland shade;<br>Thou conscious witness of unknown delight,<br>  The Lover’s guardian, and the Muse’s aid!| author = Lady Mary Wortley Montagu }} | align=cente...") originally created as "Creating Wikiquote:Quote of the day/May 15, 2024"
  • 16:0616:06, 2 May 2024 ‎Atanasio Amisse Canira (hist | edit) ‎[1,377 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Atanasio Amisse Canira''' (2 May 1962 –) is a Mozambican prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Lichinga. == Quotes == * Working together is of utmost importance as one country alone cannot address all the challenges. ** [https://www.aciafrica.org/news/6592/undocumented-migrants-risk-being-vulnerable-to-mistreatment-mozambican-catholic-bishop Undocumented Migrants Risk “being vuln...")
  • 14:3614:36, 2 May 2024 ‎The Little Engine That Could (hist | edit) ‎[1,203 bytes] ‎HouseOfChange (talk | contribs) (Create article about children's folktale The Little Engine That Could)
  • 12:0112:01, 2 May 2024 ‎Blackchin tilapia (hist | edit) ‎[988 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Sarotherodon melanotheron''' is a species of fish. == Quotes == * The fisheries for this tilapia sustained lots of fish and they had a good time and they earned more than average in Ghana. When I went there 27 years later, the fish had shrunk to half of their size. They were maturing at five centimeters. They had been pushed genetically. There were still fishes. They were still kind of happy. And the fish also were happy to be there. So nothing has changed, b...") originally created as "Sarotherodon melanotheron"
  • 11:4311:43, 2 May 2024 ‎Sailfin grouper (hist | edit) ‎[1,282 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Mycteroperca olfax''' is a species of fish. == Quotes == * He was here, as you well know, in '35. And you'd think he was chasing finches, but he wasn't. He was actually collecting fish. And he described one of them as very "common." This was the sailfin grouper. A big fishery was run on it until the '80s. Now the fish is on the IUCN Red List. Now this story, we have heard it lots of times on Galapagos and other places, so there is nothing particular about it....") originally created as "Mycteroperca olfax"
  • 10:2210:22, 2 May 2024 ‎Mario Puzo (hist | edit) ‎[10,085 bytes] ‎Coningsby (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb '''Mario Francis Puzo''' (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably ''The Godfather'' (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by w:Franc...")
  • 09:5509:55, 2 May 2024 ‎Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi) (hist | edit) ‎[1,697 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Cornelia''' (c. 190s – c. 115 BC) was the second daughter of {{w|Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus}}, a Roman general prominent in the {{w|Second Punic War}}, and {{w|Aemilia Paulla}}. Although drawing similarities to prototypical examples of virtuous Roman women, such as {{w|Lucretia}}, Cornelia puts herself apart from the rest because of her interest in literature, writing, and her investment in the political careers of her...")
  • 09:1609:16, 2 May 2024 ‎Chanel Miller (hist | edit) ‎[1,308 bytes] ‎MarjonW (talk | contribs) (Created page with " thumb|Miller in 2020 ''' Chanel Miller''' is an American writer. {{people-stub}} {{women-stub}} == Quotes == * You don't know me, but you've been inside me, and that's why we're here today. ** From the text of the victim impact statement Miller wrote in 2016, ahead of sentencing in the Brock Turner sexual assault case, quoted a.o. on [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiejmbaker/heres-the-pow...")
  • 06:3106:31, 2 May 2024 ‎Mental health of Jesus (hist | edit) ‎[24,328 bytes] ‎Wikipek (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''mental health of Jesus''' is a topic of discussion among philosophers, psychologists, physicians, theologians and historians. is a topic of discussion among philosophers, psychologists, physicians, theologians and historians. ==Quotes== * Faith in Jesus is so much the essential condition for entering the kingdom, that good and bad will be there without distinction provided they have believed and followed him. ** Commentary on [https:/...")
  • 01:2701:27, 2 May 2024 ‎Dissolution of the Soviet Union (hist | edit) ‎[15,453 bytes] ‎TheAlderaanian (talk | contribs) (Yeltsin, Gorbachev, Gaddis, Havel, Simon Jenkins, Bolton) Tag: Visual edit
  • 00:1400:14, 2 May 2024 ‎Nagita Slavina (hist | edit) ‎[997 bytes] ‎Nitagungun09 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "-There's no such thing as friendship between men and women, if it's not the girl who's excited, then the guy's the guy who's excited, if someone says they both don't have feelings, there's bound to be someone who denies it, pure friends of the opposite sex are bullshit. * [https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6bdMYQRCH2/?igsh=MWNic284OXoyM3U0OA%3D%3D https://www.instagram.com/enterpreneur_ejsukses]")
  • 00:1300:13, 2 May 2024 ‎Czech Republic (hist | edit) ‎[2,645 bytes] ‎TheAlderaanian (talk | contribs) (Obama quotes) Tag: Visual edit

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30 April 2024

  • 23:1923:19, 30 April 2024 ‎Dominic Eibu (hist | edit) ‎[734 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''w:Dominic Eibu''' (30 April 1970 –) is a Ugandan prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Kotido. == Quotes == * May the Lord God help us to work together for the common good of all the people of God that we all serve. For God and my country. ** [https://www.clsil.org/speeches/speech-by-the-rt-rev-dominic-eibu-mccj-at-kapatu-launch/ Speech by The Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu MCCJ at KAPATU Launc...")
  • 20:3520:35, 30 April 2024 ‎Unitatis redintegratio (hist | edit) ‎[1,210 bytes] ‎2.196.178.201 (talk) (Next edit Will be followed by some quotes please wait)
  • 18:4818:48, 30 April 2024 ‎Octavianus (poet) (hist | edit) ‎[1,950 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Octavianus''' or '''Octavian''' was a Latin poet of the 6th century AD, by whom a single poem is preserved in the ''{{w|Latin Anthology}}''. {{w|Emil Baehrens}} (''Poetae Latini Minores'') conjectured that Octavianus had been the first editor of the ''Anthology'', based on the fact that his name and other life details, such as his Carthaginian origin and tender age of sixteen, are mentioned therein. == Quotes == * ''Pinge, precor, pictor,...")
  • 15:2515:25, 30 April 2024 ‎Raymond Poisson (bishop) (hist | edit) ‎[1,826 bytes] ‎Gilldragon (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Raymond Poisson''' (30 April 1958 –) is a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme–Mont-Laurier. == Quotes == * The Church as an institution personalizes a whole people on the move; it is a force for action. There is also a danger: the Church should not be limited to consecrated or clerical members but to all the b...")
  • 12:0812:08, 30 April 2024 ‎Avianus (hist | edit) ‎[7,320 bytes] ‎Ficaia (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''{{w|Avianus}}''' (or possibly '''Avienus'''; fl. c. AD 400) was a Latin writer of fables. He appears to have lived at Rome and to have been a pagan. == Quotes == :<small>Text and translation: J. W. Duff, ''Minor Latin Poets'', [https://archive.org/details/L284L434MinorLatinPoetsIII/page/n3/mode/2up Vol. 2], LCL 434 (1934)</small> * ''Rustica deflentem parvum iuraverat olim,<br>  ni taceat, rabi...")
  • 08:3308:33, 30 April 2024 ‎Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (hist | edit) ‎[1,795 bytes] ‎ᘙ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sivaya Subramuniyaswami''' (born Robert Hansen; January 5, 1927 – November 12, 2001) was an American Hindu religious leader known as Gurudeva by his followers. Subramuniyaswami was born in Oakland, California and adopted Hinduism as a young man. He was the 162nd head of the self claimed Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara and Guru at Kauai's Hindu Monastery which is a 382-acre (155 ha) temple-monastery complex on Hawaii's Garden I...")
  • 08:2208:22, 30 April 2024 ‎Arthur Osborne (writer) (hist | edit) ‎[1,144 bytes] ‎ᘙ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Arthur Osborne''' (1906 – May 8, 1970) was an English writer on spirituality and mysticism, and an influential disciple and biographer of Ramana Maharshi. {{stub}} == Quotes == *The recognition of Pure Being as one's Selfand the Self of the universe and of all beings is the supreme and ultimate truth, transcending all other levels of doctrine without denying their truth on their own plane. This is the doctrine of Advaita, non- Duality, taugh...")
  • 08:2008:20, 30 April 2024 ‎Walther Eidlitz (hist | edit) ‎[1,322 bytes] ‎ᘙ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Walther Eidlitz''' (1892 – 1976), also known as Vamandas (Vāmana dāsa) and Vimala-Krishna Vidyavinoda Dasa, was an Austrian writer, poet, Indologist and historian of religion. {{stub}} == Quotes == *Hindus have a greater respect for the spoken word than do people in the West. Not only every word in a mantra, but practically every sound and every word in the language IS called akshara in Sanskrit, whIch means "the indestructible." Akshara...")
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