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Live for today, for tomorrow never comes; Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [15]
Quoted by Dante as he leaves Virgil in Purgatory, XXX.21, echoed by Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass III, 6. manu forte: literally translated means 'with a strong hand', often quoted as 'by strength of hand' Motto of the Clan McKay manu militari: with a military hand: Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal manu propria (m.p.) with one's ...
Said by some to be the origin of the game command and title Simon says. [27] Cicero pro domo sua Cicero's speech in 57 BC to regain his confiscated house: Said of someone who pleads cases for their own benefit; see List of Latin phrases (P) § pro domo: circa (c.) or (ca.) around: In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date.
Someone asked “What was said that forever changed your relationship with someone?” and people shared the most poignant examples from their lives. The post 59 Times Someone’s Words Changed A ...
words a foot and a half long: From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba " ("he throws down his high-flown language and his foot-and-a-half-long words"). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. Si comprehendis [,] non est Deus: if you understand [something], it is not God
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” — Thomas ...
In compiling the book, Shapiro made extensive use of online databases to find earlier or more precise information about quotations. He also used the Stumpers network of reference librarians and other research professionals; and the American Dialect Society electronic mailing list, as well as traditional library research. Shapiro claims that, to ...
TGI Fridays said in a statement that fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic was the “primary driver of our financial challenges” and that it will use the process to “explore strategic ...