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  2. Standing on the shoulders of giants - Wikipedia

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    The tall windows under the rose window show the four major prophets of the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel) as gigantic figures, and the four New Testament evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) as ordinary-size people sitting on their shoulders. The evangelists, though smaller, "see more" than the huge prophets (since ...

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners. Out of sight, out of mind

  4. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    have eyes bigger than one's stomach: To have asked for or taken more of something (especially food) than one is actually capable of handling (or eating) [20] have eyes in the back of one's head: To be able to perceive things and events that are outside of one's field of vision: head over heels: Be smitten, infatuated: heard it through the grapevine

  5. Truth behind the Donald Trump quote from 1998 that's rapidly ...

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    Credit: The Other 98%. In the quote, Trump calls voters the "dumbest group of voters in the country." He continued, saying that they'd believe anything Fox broadcasts.

  6. Wikiquote - Wikipedia

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    Wikiquote is one of few online quotation collections that provides the opportunity for visitors to contribute [6] and the very few which strive to provide exact sources for each quotation as well as corrections of misattributed quotations. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.

  7. Air quotes - Wikipedia

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    Air quotes, also called finger quotes, are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. The gesture is typically done with both hands held shoulder-width apart and at the eye or shoulders level of the speaker, with the index and middle fingers on each hand flexing at the beginning and end of the phrase being ...

  8. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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    Horace's Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ ac linque severe on the Villa Vizcaya, Miami, Florida Vita in motu on one of the sundials (right) at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Amicis qualibet hora. (Any hour for my friends.) [11] Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ [ac linque severe]. (Take the gifts of this hour joyfully [and leave them sternly ...

  9. With great power comes great responsibility - Wikipedia

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    The specific phrasing "with great power comes great responsibility" evolved from Spider-Man's first appearance in the 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15, written by Stan Lee.It is not spoken by any character, but instead appears in a narrative caption of the comic book's last panel: [21] [22] [23]