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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself; If you have never seen the bottom of the tree, you cannot know how tall it stands; If you must dance with the Devil, you might as well know his favorite song (H. Anthony Ribadeneira) If you've got it, flaunt it; Ignorance is bliss; Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Human nature comprises the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or what it 'means' to be human. This usage has proven to be controversial in that there is dispute as to whether or not ...
the hope of the flock: from Virgil's Eclogues: spem reduxit: he has restored hope: Motto of New Brunswick. spero meliora: I aspire to greater things: Also translated "I expect better" and "I hope for better things." spes bona: good hope: Motto of University of Cape Town. spes vincit thronum: hope conquers (overcomes) the throne
The cause is hidden, but the result is well known. Ovid: Metamorphoses IV, 287; motto of Alpha Sigma Phi. causa mortis: cause of death: cave: beware! especially used by Doctors of Medicine, when they want to warn each other (e.g.: "cave nephrolithiases" in order to warn about side effects of an uricosuric). Spoken aloud in some British public ...
Winston Churchill stated, "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all others." [citation needed] According to Maya Angelou, "Courage is the most important of the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically ...
Alternative illustration of hierarchy of needs with overlapping needs. In contrast to the well-known pyramid, a number of alternative schematic illustrations of the hierachy of needs have been developed. One of the earliest, in 1962, shows a more dynamic hierarchy in terms of 'waves' of different needs overlapping at the same time. [24]
Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: "My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins!" She: "No, sir, I am to be let alone".. A double entendre [note 1] (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that ...
In addition to this praise, Humankind: A Hopeful History did receive some criticism, with most criticism directed at the dichotomy set up by Bregman between what he calls the "veneer theory" of human nature, the idea that civilization applies a thin layer of civility atop beings whose true nature is chaotic, and the ideas for which Bregman ...