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In the time of William Shakespeare, there were commonly reckoned to be five wits and five senses. [3] The five wits were sometimes taken to be synonymous with the five senses, [3] but were otherwise also known and regarded as the five inward wits, distinguishing them from the five senses, which were the five outward wits.
A common farewell. The "you" is plural ("you all"), so the phrase must be used when speaking to more than one person; pax tecum is the form used when speaking to only one person. peccavi: I have sinned: Telegraph message and pun from Charles Napier, British general, upon completely subjugating the Indian province of Sindh in 1842 ('I have Sindh ...
against one's will: ab irato: from/by an angry person: More literally, "from/by an angry man". Though the form irato is masculine, the application of the phrase is not limited to men. Rather, "person" is meant because the phrase probably elides homo ("man/person"), not vir ("man"). It is used in law to describe a decision or action that is ...
Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p.s., to indicate a person who died without having had any children who survived, i.e. outlived him. decessit vita matris: died in the lifetime of the mother: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.v.m., to indicate a person who predeceased his or her mother. decessit vita patris
A similar phrase, "One Look Is Worth A Thousand Words", appears in a 1913 newspaper advertisement for the Piqua Auto Supply House of Piqua, Ohio. [4] Early use of the exact phrase appears in a 1918 newspaper advertisement for the San Antonio Light, which says: One of the Nation's Greatest Editors Says: One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Short LGBTQ quotes “You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.” — Marsha P. Johnson “We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.”
What started out as a date had become a one-way lecture series with no escape in sight. ... It may make it more difficult to cross over from one person's Universe into another person's different ...
A person can do only things, which s/he can do lawfully. Under law, a thing which cannot be lawfully performed is considered not within one's power. Nemo potest praecise cogi ad factum: Nobody can be forced to a specific act Nemo potest venire contra factum proprium: No-one can act in a way contrary to his own prior actions.