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Part of the American Film Institute's 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 quotations in American cinema. [1] The American Film Institute revealed the list on June 21, 2005, in a three-hour television program on CBS .
An epitaph (from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios) 'a funeral oration'; from ἐπι-(epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (táphos) 'tomb') [1] [2] is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense.
In memoriam is a Latin phrase equivalent to "in memory (of)", referring to remembering or honouring a deceased person. In Memoriam may refer to: Music.
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Bartlett began a commonplace book, including quotations from his own extensive readings and memory. In 1855, Bartlett acknowledged in the book's preface that, "this Collection ... has been considerably enlarged by additions from an English work on a similar plan," a reference to Handbook of Familiar Quotations from English Authors , written by ...
Memory is the treasure of the mind; Men are blind in their own cause – Heywood Broun (1888–1939), American journalist; Men get spoiled by staying, women get spoiled by wandering; Might is right; Might makes right; Mighty oaks from little acorns grow; Milking the bull; Misery loves company; Moderation in all things
slip of memory: source of the term memory lapse: latius est impunitum relinqui facinus nocentis (quam innocentem damnari) It is better to let the crime of the guilty go unpunished (than to condemn the innocent) Ulpian, Digest 5:6. lauda finem: praise to the end: Motto of Nottingham High School: Laudatio Ejus Manet In Secula Seculorum
The first-century CE rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying "The day is short, the labor vast, the workers are lazy, the reward great, the Master urgent." (Avot 2:15). A light-hearted version in England, thought to have originated in Shropshire, is the pun "Bars longa, vita brevis" i.e. so many bars (or pubs) to visit, in so short a life.