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Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt; Better wear out than rust out; Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid) [9] Big fish eat little fish
The fable also is used as an analogy for levels of commitment to a game, team etc. For example, variations of this quote have been attributed to football coach Mike Leach who said, on the officials in the 2007 Tech-Texas game in Austin: "It's a little like breakfast; you eat ham and eggs. As coaches and players, we're like the ham.
DreamHaven Books, a book store in Minneapolis using the famous quote in its store during the aftermath of the George Floyd protests "With great power comes great responsibility" is a proverb popularized by Spider-Man in Marvel comics, films, and related media.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
The use of a MacGuffin as a plot device predates the name MacGuffin. The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend has been cited as an early example of a MacGuffin. The Holy Grail is the desired object that is essential to initiate and advance the plot, but the final disposition of the Grail is never revealed, suggesting that the object is not of significance in itself. [8]
Establishing a life story plays a vital role in adulthood by supporting generativity, [16] and it helps to foster meaning-making at the end of life. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Entire life narratives [ 12 ] and single event stories tend to increase in coherence and meaning-making over the course of adolescence. [ 19 ]
6 people pushing a van U.S. Navy sailors hauling in a mooring line A U.S. Navy rowing team A group of people forming a strategy A group of people collaborating. Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in an effective and efficient way.
Having a character have a dream is a common device to embed one narrative or scene within another. (Painting by William Blake, 1805) A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story (within the first one). [1]