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  2. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    "Worshippers of the evil demon" The name of a dining club in ancient Athens ridiculing Athenian tradition and the gods. Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν. Kakoû kórakos kakòn ōión. "From a bad crow, a bad egg" I.e. like father, like son. Κακὸς ἀνὴρ μακρόβιος. Kakòs anḕr makróbios. "A bad man lives long."

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life (Persian proverb) [5] A penny saved is a penny earned; A picture is worth a thousand words; A rising tide lifts all boats; A rolling stone gathers no moss

  4. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    life is uncertain, death is most certain: More simply, "the most certain thing in life is death". vita mutatur, non tollitur: life is changed, not taken away: The phrase is a quotation from the preface of the first Roman Catholic rite of the Mass for the Dead. vita patris: during the life of the father

  5. Delphic maxims - Wikipedia

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    These wise sayings of men of former times, the words of famous men, are consecrated at holy Pytho; from there Klearchos [c] copied them carefully, to set them up, shining afar, in the precinct of Kineas. When a child, show yourself well behaved; When a young man, self controlled; In middle age, just; As an old man, a good counsellor;

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    9/11 Quotes • "Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11." — President Obama in ...

  7. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    we stand against by evil: The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as the preposition contra takes the accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum ". stante pede: with a standing foot "Immediately ...

  8. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    The device is most commonly associated with Euripides. Deus lux mea est: God is my light: The motto of The Catholic University of America. Deus meumque jus: God and my right: The principal motto of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. See also Dieu et mon droit. Deus nobis haec otia fecit: God has given us these days of leisure: Motto of the city of ...

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