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One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues; One law for the rich and another for the ...
In them evident is the Indo-European grouping of a sun god and his sister, as well as an association with horses. [ 16 ] Helen of Troy's name is thought to share the same etymology as Helios, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] and she may express an early alternate personification of the sun among Hellenic peoples.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the notion that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods.
From the Bible. Occurs in Matthew 26:47 and Luke 22:52. cum gladio et sale: with sword and salt: Motto of a well-paid soldier. See salary. cum grano salis: with a grain of salt: Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth. cum hoc ergo propter hoc: with this, therefore on account of this: Fallacy of assuming that correlation implies ...
In the Bible, Malachi 4:2 mentions the "Sun of Righteousness" (sometimes translated as the "Sun of Justice"), [15] [16] which some Christians have interpreted as a reference to the Messiah . [17] In ancient Roman culture, Sunday was the day of the sun god. In paganism, the Sun was a source of life, giving warmth and illumination.
Based on Matthew 6: 9-13 and Luke 11: 2–4 in Holy Bible 1949 with Choir and Organ directed by Mitchell Ayres [29] [258] 1959 with Robert Shaw Male Chorale & Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [258] "Love" Gerard Kenny Drey Shepperd 1980 [87] "Love Don't Care (Where It Grows!)" Tupper Saussy Arranged by Bill McElhiney: 1973 with Bill McElhiney Orchestra ...
Psalm 84 is the 84th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!".The Book of Psalms forms part of the Ketuvim section of the Hebrew Bible [1] and part of the Christian Old Testament.