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Said, stated, described, wrote, commented, and according to are almost always neutral and accurate. Extra care is needed with more loaded terms . For example, to write that a person noted, observed, clarified, explained, exposed, found, pointed out, showed, confirmed , or revealed something can imply objectivity or truthfulness, instead of ...
Sic et Non, an early scholastic text whose title translates from Medieval Latin as "Yes and No", was written by Peter Abelard. In the work, Abelard juxtaposes apparently contradictory quotations from the Church Fathers on many of the traditional topics of Christian theology .
non sum qualis eram: I am not such as I was: Or "I am not the kind of person I once was". Expresses a change in the speaker. Horace, Odes 4/1:3. non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum: Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold: Also, "All that glitters is not gold." Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. non timebo mala: I will fear no ...
everything said [is] stronger if said in Latin: or "everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin"; a more common phrase with the same meaning is quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (whatever said in Latin, seems profound) omnia in mensura et numero et pondere disposuisti: Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight.
Used as a general rule in chemistry; "like dissolves like" refers to the ability of polar or non polar solvents to dissolve polar or non polar solutes respectively. [9] simplex sigillum veri: simplicity is the sign of truth: expresses a sentiment akin to Keep It Simple, Stupid: sincere et constanter: sincere and constant: Motto of the Order of ...
The poem allows the reader to linger over the possibility of colors, strangeness and unusual dreams. Imagination that is absent from a mundane orderly life is represented by a dandified aesthete and an adventurous and exciting life by a drunken sailor dreaming of catching tigers in red weather.
The English language has a number of words that denote specific or approximate quantities that are themselves not numbers. [1] Along with numerals, and special-purpose words like some, any, much, more, every, and all, they are quantifiers.
Sonnet 60 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet.The Shakespearean sonnet contains three quatrains followed by a final rhyming couplet.It follows the form's typical rhyme, abab cdcd efef gg and is written a type of poetic metre called iambic pentameter based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions.