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The Neoplatonists used the Golden Verses as part of their preparatory program of moral instruction, [8] and a number of Neoplatonic commentaries on the verses are extant. An early English translation of the Golden Verses , accompanied by the commentary of the Neoplatonist Hierocles of Alexandria , was published by John Hall of Durham in his ...
These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
All good things must come to an end; All hands on deck/to the pump; All is grist that comes to the mill; All roads lead to Rome; All that glitters/glistens is not gold; All the world loves a lover; All things come to those who wait; All things must pass; All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; All you need is love [7]
"The Great Story") probably composed in the 9th century quotes from the Tirukkuṟaḷ and embeds similar teachings and morals. [244] Verse 22.59–61 of the Manimekalai – a Buddhist-princess and later nun based love story epic, likely written about the 6th century CE, also quotes the Tirukkuṟaḷ. This Buddhist epic ridicules Jainism while ...
"A bad neighbor is a calamity as much as a good one is a great advantage." πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη pístis, elpís, agápē "faith, hope, (and) love" (1 Corinthians 13:13.) Πόλεμος πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι. Pólemos pántōn mèn patḗr esti. "War is the father of all" — Heraclitus
A caveat regarding trusting someone against his inherent nature; the moral of Aesop's fable The Farmer and the Viper. vir quisque vir: every man a man: Motto of the US collegiate fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. vires acquirit eundo: she gathers strength as she goes: A quotation from Vergil's Aeneid, Book 4, 175, which in the original context ...
Migrants values change when they move to a new country, but the order of preferences is still quite stable. Motherhood causes women to shift their values towards stability and away from openness-to-change but not fathers. [25]: 528 Correlations between Moral foundations and Schwartz's basic values with values taken from [27]
The Moralia include On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great, an important adjunct to Plutarch's Life of the great general; On the Worship of Isis and Osiris, a crucial source of information on Egyptian religious rites; [2] and On the Malice of Herodotus (which may, like the orations on Alexander's accomplishments, have been a rhetorical exercise), [3] in which Plutarch criticizes ...