A tightrope in New York

In 1974 while the Twin Towers were under construction, Philippe Petit a famous high-wire artist, who gained fame for his unauthorized high-wire walks between the

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Accepting sufferings

The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye, the center of his affections,

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Precipitation

It is said that in the Principality of Monaco, judges condemned an offender to the guillotine, even though they didn’t have a guillotine nor an

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Be coherent

Once the famous scientist Louis Pasteur (the one who discover the microorganisms and invented the process of pasteurization) was eating with some friends and grapes

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This is good!

The story is told of a king who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at

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The fable of the lapdog

Once an elephant came into the town and was walking down the main street. The elephant was so impressive; no one had seen an elephant

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St. Peter’s tears

There is a pious and beautiful tradition which says that St. Peter cried each time he heard a cock crow since that reminded him of

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