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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an ancient proverb which suggests that two parties can or should work together against a common enemy. The exact meaning of the modern phrase was first expressed in the Latin phrase "Amicus meus, inimicus inimici mei" ("my friend, the enemy of my enemy"), which had become common throughout Europe by the early 18th century, while the first recorded use of ...
A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:
The phrase "My enemy's enemy is my friend", and various translations thereof, is attributed to Sun Tzu (6th century BCE) in The Art of War. Sun Tzu lived during the later years of the Old Chinese (language) period, about 300 years before the founding of the first Chinese Empire - which happened about a century after Old Chinese finished its ...
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
Logician Alfred Tarski excused his Platonism by amending the formula to Inimicus Plato sed magis inimica falsitas ("Plato is an enemy, but falsehood is a greater enemy"). [9] In his novella Le Bal de Sceaux , Honoré de Balzac has the King of France Louis XVIII adapt the phrase as: Amicus Plato, sed magis amica Natio ("Plato is my friend, but ...
through my fault: Used in Christian prayers and confession to denote the inherently flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (through my greatest fault). mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat: My hovercraft is full of eels: A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by ...
Adam Chandler explains why Trump and Musk’s obsession with the private sector is spiritually vacant.
"These are my jewels" Attributed to Cornelia Africana (talking about her children) by Valerius Maximus in Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX, IV, 4, incipit. [2] [3] Hannibal ad portas: Hannibal at the gates: Found in Cicero's first Philippic and in Livy's Ab urbe condita Hannibal was a fierce enemy of Rome who almost brought them to ...