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The word metaphor itself is a metaphor, coming from a Greek term meaning 'transference (of ownership)'. The user of a metaphor alters the reference of the word, "carrying" it from one semantic "realm" to another. The new meaning of the word might derive from an analogy between the two semantic realms, but also from other reasons such as the ...
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
Epizeuxis: repetition of a single word, with no other intervening words. Hendiadys: use of two nouns to express an idea when it normally would consist of an adjective and a noun. Hendiatris: use of three nouns to express one idea. Homeoteleuton: words with the same ending. Hypallage: a transferred epithet from a conventional choice of wording. [9]
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk ...
For if one thing were demonstrated from many and another thing from fewer equally known premises, clearly that is better which is from fewer because it makes us know quickly, just as a universal demonstration is better than particular because it produces knowledge from fewer premises.
Leadership advice from investing legend Charlie Munger: ‘Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant’ Paige McGlauflin, Azure Gilman November 28, 2023 at 8:08 PM
A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.' corrigenda: things to be corrected: corruptio optimi pessima: the corruption of the best is the worst: corruptissima re publica plurimae leges: When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous: Tacitus
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