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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
under the name "in the name of", "under the title of"; used in legal citations to indicate the name under which the litigation continued. sub silentio: under silence: implied but not expressly stated. sub specie aeternitatis: under the sight of eternity: Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From Spinoza, Ethics. sub specie Dei: under the ...
A saying often shows a wisdom or cultural standard, having different meanings than just the words themselves. [1] Sayings are categorized as follows: Aphorism: a general, observational truth; "a pithy expression of wisdom or truth". [2] Adage, proverb, or saw: a widely known or popular aphorism that has gained credibility by long use or tradition.
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Among the Balochi of Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is a word batal for ordinary proverbs and bassīttuks for "proverbs with background stories". [27] There are also language communities that combine proverbs and riddles in some sayings, leading some scholars to create the label "proverb riddles". [28] [29] [30]
Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland". animus in consulendo liber: a mind unfettered in deliberation: Motto of NATO: anno (an.) in the year: Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni. anno Domini (A.D.)
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;
Proverbs 10:1–22:16, with 375 sayings, consists of two parts, the first part (10–14) contrasting the wise man and the fool (or the righteous and the wicked), the second (15–22:16) addressing wise and foolish speech. [13] Verse 22:17 opens ‘the words of the wise’, until verse 24:22, with short moral discourses on various subjects. [14]