© Billy(1932 – 2019), eigentlich Walter Fürst, Schweizer Aphoristiker

Definition: (adjective) Moving and bending with ease. Synonyms: lithe, lithesome, supple, sylphlike, svelte, slender. Usage: The boys were batting at the nets, and they were lissom and strong and active. Discuss

© Klaus Klages(1938 – 2022), deutscher Gebrauchsphilosoph und Abreißkalenderverleger

Definition: (noun) Something of small importance. Synonyms: small beer, trivia, trifle. Usage: He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities. Discuss

«In politica, se vuoi che qualcosa venga detto, chiedi ad un uomo. Se vuoi che qualcosa venga fatto, chiedi ad una donna.»

noun: The condition or essence of being situated or existing in a specific place or location.

Maxim Gorki(1868 – 1936), eigentlich Alexej Maximowitsch Peschkow, russischer Erzähler und Dramatiker

Definition: (adjective) Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea. Synonyms: fanatical, overzealous. Usage: A rabid football fan, Jimmy paints his face with his team's colors before every game, even if he is just going to be watching it on TV. Discuss

noun: The quality of being the only one of its kind.

An den Frieden denken heißt, an die Kinder denken. Michail GorbatschowSowjetischer Politiker und Friedensnobelpreisträger (1990)*1931

noun: The belief that the world is becoming worse.

Deutsches Sprichwort

Definition: (noun) Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. Synonyms: doubter. Usage: Johnson was one of the skeptics who vigorously denounced Macpherson as a shameless impostor. Discuss

Gutes kann niemals aus Lüge und Gewalt entstehen. Mahatma GandhiIndischer Freiheitskämpfer1869 – 1948

noun: 1. A light play, film, or literary work involving absurd, exaggerated, or improbable situations. 2. Humor of this type. 3. An absurd or ridiculous situation; mockery. 4. A mix of finely chopped ingredients used as stuffing. verb tr.: 1. To pad a speech or written work with jokes or witty remarks. 2. To stuff…

Definition: (adjective) Having your attention fixated as though by a spell. Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, transfixed. Usage: Nobody thought about her appearance when the power and magic of her voice caught and held her listeners spellbound. Discuss

© Elmar Schenkel(*1953), Anglist, Autor, Übersetzer, Maler

Definition: (verb) Draw in (air). Synonyms: breathe in, inspire. Usage: Every morning they go out to the yard, close their eyes, inhale the fresh mountain air, and meditate for an hour. Discuss

«Mi piace stare a casa con la mia musica e i miei libri. Ho fatto tutte le feste, ho fatto abbastanza feste per quattro o cinque persone da giovane. Ma ora mi piace la vita tranquilla. » (Cillian Murphy)

© Ernst Ferstl(*1955), österreichischer Lehrer, Dichter und Aphoristiker

adjective: 1. Having a pleasant taste or flavor. 2. Pleasant; engaging; stimulating.

Definition: (verb) To examine, analyze, or criticize in minute detail. Synonyms: analyze, break down, take apart. Usage: They dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed. Discuss

Wer sich den Gesetzen nicht fügen will, muss die Gegend verlassen, wo sie gelten. Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDeutscher Schriftsteller1749 – 1832

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noun: A glowing coal.

Definition: (verb) To inspire with love. Synonyms: bewitch, captivate, charm, entrance, enchant, beguile, capture, fascinate, catch. Usage: The vacationers were enamored with the charming island and extended their trip so that they could spend more time there. Discuss

«Ogni giorno è un giorno in più per amare, un giorno in più per sognare, un giorno in più per vivere.»

Die Welt hat genug für jedermanns Bedürfnisse, aber nicht für jedermanns Gier. Mahatma GandhiIndischer Freiheitskämpfer1869 – 1948

© Daniel Büttrich(*1978)

adjective: Short and stout; stocky.

Definition: (adjective) Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids). Synonyms: tubelike, tubular, vasiform. Usage: The nurse inserted the cannular needle in my arm and started giving me intravenous fluids. Discuss

Die Wahrheit einer Absicht ist die Tat. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelDeutscher Philosoph1770 – 1831

© Fred Ammon(*1930), Aphoristiker

adjective: 1. Densely wooded; covered in trees and shrubs. 2. Pertaining to forests or wooded areas.

Definition: (adjective) Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Synonyms: scrimpy, stingy. Usage: So meager were their trappings that they were practically naked; a fact that was in no way remarkable among the tillers of the fields of Mars. Discuss

© Erhard Horst Bellermann(*1937), deutscher Bauingenieur, Dichter und Aphoristiker

noun: 1. Enthusiastic approval or praise. 2. A strikingly brilliant display or effect. 3. Notable success.

Definition: (noun) The floor just above the ground floor of a building. Synonyms: mezzanine. Usage: While waiting for our room to be prepared, we sat down for a cup of coffee in the entresol of the hotel. Discuss

Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, bleibt immer das, was er schon ist. Henry FordGründer von Ford1863 – 1947

© Melanie Fechner(*1985), deutsche Philosophin

Definition: (verb) Force or drive back. Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel. Usage: The soldiers are armed and prepared to repulse any attack. Discuss

© Hartmut Weinhold(*1957), deutscher ehrenamtlicher Einsatzleiter bei den Grünen Damen und Herren, Sparkassenbetriebswirt und Gelegenheits-Aphoristiker

Definition: (verb) Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. Synonyms: lift. Usage: At the beginning of the semester, the teacher warned her students not to plagiarize their reports because she would find out and fail them. Discuss

Jacob Grimm(1785 – 1863), Jacob Ludwig Carl, dt. Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftler, gilt als Begründer der deutschen Philologie und Altertumswissenschaft; Veröffentlichungen gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Wilhelm als “Brüder Grimm” (z.B. “Kinder- und Hausmärchen”). Beide waren auch politisch aktiv und traten für Ihre Ideale in Reden und Artikeln ein

adverb: In general; on the whole.

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive. Usage: This madcap quest of mine, was it not understood between us…to be a fantastic whim, a poetical wild-goose chase, conceived entirely as an excuse for being some time in each other's company? Discuss

Es ist so leicht, andere, und so schwierig, sich selbst zu belehren. Oscar WildeIrischer Dramatiker und Schriftsteller1854 – 1900

Wilhelm Busch(1832 – 1908), deutscher Zeichner, Maler und Schriftsteller

noun: 1. The beam along the length of the base of a ship or boat on which the frame is built. 2. A fin-like structure on the bottom of a hull, improving stability. verb tr., intr.: To capsize, collapse, or fall.

Definition: (noun) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. Synonyms: center. Usage: I measured the width of the picture frame and calculated its midpoint so that I could hang it properly on the wall. Discuss

Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. Albert EinsteinDeutscher Physiker und Nobelpreisträger1879 – 1955

Leo Tolstoi(1828 – 1910), Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi, russischer Erzähler und Romanautor

verb tr., intr.: 1. To experience or induce nausea (stomach distress with an urge to vomit). 2. To feel or evoke disgust.

Definition: (noun) A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. Synonyms: saliva. Usage: Her face…was distorted with passion, and in her tumultuous speech the spittle dribbled over her lips. Discuss

Persönlich bin ich immer bereit zu lernen, obwohl ich nicht immer belehrt werden möchte. Winston ChurchillBritischer Politiker und Nobelpreisträger1874 – 1965

© Helga Schäferling(*1957), deutsche Sozialpädagogin

noun: 1. The bottom (inner or outer) part of a ship or a boat. 2. Water, oil, and waste that collect in the lowest part of a ship or a boat. 3. Nonsense; rubbish. 4. The bulging part of a barrel or a cask. verb tr., intr.: 1. To bulge or swell. 2. To spring…

Definition: (verb) Restrain with fetters. Synonyms: shackle. Usage: My foes fettered me hand and foot and imprisoned me in a dank dungeon. Discuss

noun: 1. One who adjusts beliefs, opinions, and actions to suit personal interest. 2. A person or a tool that clips, shortens, neatens, etc.

Definition: (verb) Give in, as to influence or pressure. Synonyms: soften, yield. Usage: At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in the end she relented. Discuss

Es ist gefährlich, anderen etwas vorzumachen, denn es endet damit, dass man sich selbst etwas vormacht. Eleonora DuseItalienische Schauspielerin1858 – 1924

© Wolfgang J. Reus(1959 – 2006), deutscher Journalist, Satiriker, Aphoristiker und Lyriker

Definition: (verb) Be born anew in another body after death. Synonyms: reincarnate. Usage: Oh, if our souls could transmigrate I'd be a seamew above all birds that fly. Discuss

«Gli era piaciuto il mio disco, Je so accussì, mi ha mandato un video e quando ho sentito quel '"SRENA!!! Welcome to our family", mi sono sentita male.» (Serena Brancale)

© Walter Jakoby(*1958), Wissenschaftler, Manager und Autor

Definition: (noun) Concern for your own interests and welfare. Synonyms: self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest. Usage: As a man advances in life he grows more selfish; egoism develops, and relaxes all the secondary bonds of affection. Discuss

Wer einen Fehler gemacht hat und ihn nicht korrigiert, begeht einen Zweiten. KonfuziusChinesischer Philosoph