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  2. Insects in ethics - Wikipedia

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    Jon Wynne-Tyson, in The Expanding Circle, quotes the Tai-shang kan-yingp'ien: "Have a compassionate heart toward all creatures… Even insects". [5] He also attributes a quote to Wen Ch'ang in Yin-chih-wen, which states: "Whenever taking a step, always watch for ants and insects. Prohibit the building of fires outside (lest insects be killed)".

  3. Fly - Wikipedia

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    Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great manoeuvrability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces.

  4. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana - Wikipedia

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    The expression is based on the proverb: "Time flies", a translation of the Latin Tempus fugit, where "fly" is to be taken in the sense of flee. An early example of a pun with the expression "Time flies" may be found in a 1930 issue of Boys' Life: Flies Around Scoutmaster: Time flies. Smart Tenderfoot: You can't. They go too fast. [3]

  5. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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    (Time flies, the hour flees.) [11] Make use of time. Altera pars otio, pars ista labori. (Devote this [hour] to work, another to leisure.) [11] Festina lente.

  6. Tempus fugit - Wikipedia

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    Tempus fugit (Classical Latin pronunciation: [ˈt̪ɛmpʊs̠ ˈfʊɡit̪]) is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as "time flies". The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Virgil 's Georgics , [ 1 ] where it appears as fugit irreparabile tempus : "it escapes, irretrievable time".

  7. List of Latin phrases (T) - Wikipedia

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    time flies, the hour flees tendit in ardua virtus: virtue strives for what is difficult: Appears in Ovid's Epistulae ex Ponto: teneo te Africa: I hold you, Africa! Suetonius attributes this to Julius Caesar, from when Caesar was on the African coast. tentanda via: The way must be tried: motto for York University: ter in die (t.i.d.) thrice in a day

  8. Orange Cat Determined to Hunt Bug on Ceiling Is a Lesson in ...

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    The orange cat in this video is desperate to catch a bug hanging out on the ceiling of his home—so desperate, in fact, that he may be taking his very life in his hands.

  9. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Time flies; Time goes by slowly when your are living intensely; Time is a great healer; Time is money (Only) time will tell 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; To be worn out is to be renewed – Laozi, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC) [11] To each his own; To err is human, to forgive divine