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The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis in 1956. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come together" [6] "If the sky falls, we shall catch larks" means that it is pointless to worry about things that will never happen. [7]
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes; Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16]
Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect of living. sic vos non vobis mellificates apes: Thus you not for yourselves make honey, bees. Part of a verse written by Virgil after the poet Bathyllus plagiarized his work. sidere mens eadem mutato: Though the constellations change, the mind is universal
But You remain the same, and Your years will never end” (Psalm 102:25-27). James said that our God is the “Father of lights, with whom is no variation, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17).
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Jam tomorrow (or the older spelling jam to-morrow) is an expression for a never-fulfilled promise, or for some pleasant event in the future, which is never likely to materialize. Originating from a bit of wordplay involving Lewis Carroll 's Alice , it has been referenced in discussions of philosophy, economics, and politics.
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Tempora mutantur is a Latin adage that refers to the changes brought about by the passage of time. It also appears in various longer hexametric forms, most commonly Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, meaning "Times are changed; we also are changed with them".