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Fortune favours the bold is the translation of a Latin proverb, which exists in several forms with slightly different wording but effectively identical meaning, such as: audentes Fortuna iuvat [1] audentes Fortuna adiuvat; Fortuna audaces iuvat; audentis Fortuna iuvat; This last form is used by Turnus, an antagonist in the Aeneid by Virgil. [2]
Better safe than sorry; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven (John Milton, in Paradise Lost) [8] Be yourself; Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to ...
"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" is an aphorism attributed to Percy Bysshe Shelley.In A Defence of Poetry (1821, not published until 1840) Shelley remarked that the promoters of utility had exemplified the saying, "To him that hath, more shall be given; and from him that hath not, the little that he hath shall be taken away.
Snoop Dogg, Kevin Bacon, and more famous folks weigh in on the complexities of cold hard cash.
In the list below, we’ve gathered more than a dozen of television’s most memorable sound bites from the past seven days, including moments both scripted and unscripted from broadcast, cable ...
Beyond her famous quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,” Angelou's words offer incredible insight into the human condition.
One was Christina-Taylor Green, the girl killed in the shooting. That book contained a quote from the book's author that Obama incorporated into his speech: "I hope you jump in rain puddles." White House staffers exchanged email with religious advisors about biblical passages, settling on the Book of Job and Psalms 46. Obama decided to quote ...
A Latin honorific meaning "Father of the Country", or more literally, "Father of the Fatherland". pater peccavi: Father, I have sinned: The traditional beginning of a Roman Catholic confession. pauca sed bona: few, but good: Similar to "quality over quantity"; though there may be few of something, at least they are of good quality. pauca sed matura