In Spite Of Deformity Aleijadinho Decorated Some Of The Best Scultures For Churches In Brazil

Aleijadinho, António Francisco Lisboa Aleijadinho, António Francisco Lisboa, known as O (1738–1814). The leading practitioner of Baroque and Rococo in Brazil, he was born the illegitimate son of the Portuguese architect Manoel Francisco Lisboa (fl. c.1720–before 1767) near Ouro Prêto, Brazil. The ‘little cripple’ (as O Aleijadinho means) suffered from a disease (possibly syphilis or leprosy) that gradually cost him his toes, fingers, sight, and skin. Aleijadinho was disfigured and crippled by leprosy, and...

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Don't Give Up, The Storm Will Be Over...

  A Lady was driving along with her father. They came upon a storm and the young lady asked her father, "What shall I do?" He said "keep driving"....Cars began to pull over to the side, the storm was getting worse. "What should I do". The young lady asked? "Keep driving", her father replied. On up a few feet she noticed that eighteen wheelers were also pulling over. She told her dad, "I must pull over, I can barely see ahead. It is terrible & everyone is pulling over! Her father told her, "Don't give up", just...

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