Paul Heyse(1830 – 1914), eigentlich Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, deutscher Romanist, Novellist und Übersetzer, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1910

Definition: (adjective) Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, suppositional. Usage: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly suppositious and involve much educated guessing. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. Synonyms: base. Usage: He dropped a piece of litmus paper into an acid, when it changed instantly to red, and on floating it in an alkali it turned as quickly to blue….

noun: The fear of trains.

«Vivo le canzoni un po' come le relazioni. Le canzoni sono frequenze, sono vive, cambiano con il tempo e nel mentre cambi anche tu. Quindi ci sono dei momenti in cui mi ritrovo completamente lontana da ciò che ho scritto e prodotto anche solo qualche mese prima, ma ho imparato a non rinnegare nulla, a…

«La cattiveria dei buoni è pericolosissima.»

Es kommt nicht darauf an, dem Leben mehr Jahre zu geben, sondern den Jahren mehr Leben zu geben. Alexis CarrelFranzösischer Chirurg und Nobelpreisträger (Medizin)1873 – 1944

© Stefan Fleischer(*1938), Rentner, vorher Organisator einer Großbank

noun: An inability to make decisions.

Wenn eine Frau sich die Lippen nachzieht, so ist das, wie wenn ein Soldat sein Maschinengewehr putzt. Bob Hopeengl. Schauspieler und Komödiant1903 – 2003

Definition: (adjective) Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse). Synonyms: copious. Usage: She took voluminous notes during the lecture, and her classmates begged for copies. Discuss

adjective: Relating to, composed of, or carved on rocks.

Es gibt ebensowenig hundertprozentige Wahrheit wie hundertprozentigen Alkohol. Sigmund FreudÖsterreichischer Neurologe und Begründer der Psychoanalyse1856 – 1939

Definition: (noun) A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. Synonyms: coronach, dirge, requiem, threnody. Usage: And when the Duke's wife died Chaucer wrote a lament which is called the Dethe of Blaunche the Duchess, or sometimes the Book of the Duchess. Discuss

noun: Mania for holding public office.