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Livet.se is the place to go for quotations, proverbs and sayings in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. This is the largest collection of international quotes in the Nordic languages.

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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.  Utan vinnare skulle det inte ens finnas någon civilisation. Woody Hayes (1913-1987)

These authors were born on the 8th of October:
Hanan Ashrawi (8 October 1946-)
Rona Barrett (8 October 1936-)
William E Bill Vaughan (8 October 1915-)
Enos Cabell (8 October 1949-)
Chevy Chase (8 October 1943-)
Matt Damon (8 October 1970-)
Sheila Ferguson (8 October 1947-)
John W. Gardner (8 October 1912-16 February 2002)
Shawn Garrett (8 October 1975-)
Ian Hart (8 October 1964-)
Frank Herbert (8 October 1920-11 February 1986)
Jesse Jackson (8 October 1941-)
Kristanna Loken (8 October 1979-)
Rouben Mamoulian (8 October 1897-)
James Olson (8 October 1930-)
Harvey Pekar (8 October 1939-)
Emily Procter (8 October 1968-)
Johnny Ramone (8 October 1948-)
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (8 October 1890-27 July 1973)
Bill Vaughan (8 October 1915-1977)
William E. Vaughan (8 October 1915-1977)
Sigourney Weaver (8 October 1949-)
Clarence Williams (8 October 1898-)
CeCe Winans (8 October 1959-)
Stephanie Zimbalist (8 October 1956-)

These authors died on the 8th of October:
Vittorio Alfieri (January 16th 1749-8 October 1803)
Henry Fielding (April 22nd 1707-8 October 1754)
Natalia Ginzburg (July 14th 1916-8 October 1991)
John Hancock (January 12th 1737-8 October 1793)
Charles Hodge (October 12th 1894-8 October 1964)
Fernando Lamas (January 9th 1915-8 October 1982)
Franklin Pierce (November 23rd 1804-8 October 1869)
Richard Whately (February 1st 1787-8 October 1863)
Wendell L. Willkie (February 18th 1892-8 October 1944)

Idag firar vi Nils!

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Here you'll find proverbs in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian and a little happiness without soft-ice - in a collection that has been ongoing since the year 1990. It has been printed on paper four times, in the shape of the book "Språkets Kryddor". This book is now really sold out, and it won't be printed again.

Please contribute to the collection, there are lots of things that can be done. Maybe you'll find some spelling errorrs or facts that are just plain wrong. Maybe you know something that's not in the collection - have you got any quotations or proverbs to share? Write your comments in the textbox to the left!

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We apologize for all the misleading facts that are in this collection. However hard we try, there's no possibility on earth that we can guarantee the accuracy of the information here.

Enjoy, and have a noise day! / Pex Tufvesson

This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.

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