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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 Proverbs of Alfred is a collection of early Middle English sayings ascribed to King Alfred the Great (called "England's darling"), said to have been uttered at an assembly in Seaford, East Sussex. [1] The collection of proverbs was probably put together in Sussex in the mid-12th century.
There are more than 500 supposed oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi. Many are anecdotal, and have survived as proverbs. Several are ambiguously phrased, apparently in order to show the oracle in a good light regardless of the outcome.
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;
This version was set to the air Nos plaisirs seront peu durable and provided with the moral Grand bruit, peu d'effet, the French equivalent of the English proverb "A great cry and little wool". [44] There was also a new edition of La Vallette's work published in 1886 with a piano arrangement by Léopold Dauphin (1847–1925). [ 45 ]
From the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!" [2] vade mecum: go with me: A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a handbook. vade retro Satana: go back, Satan: An exhortation to Satan to be gone, often a Roman Catholic response to ...
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great is the power of habit: Magna Europa est patria nostra: Greater Europe is Our Fatherland: Political motto of pan-Europeanists magno cum gaudio: with great joy: magnum opus: great work: Said of someone's masterpiece: magnum vectigal est parsimonia: Economy is a great revenue: Cicero, Paradoxa 6/3:49.