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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living, and a child that is born on the Sabbath day is fair and wise and good and gay; Money does not grow on trees

  3. Sailing to Byzantium - Wikipedia

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    Yeats's solution is to leave the country of the young and travel to Byzantium, where the sages in the city's famous gold mosaics could become the "singing-masters" of his soul. He hopes the sages will appear in fire and take him away from his body into an existence outside time, where, like a great work of art, he could exist in "the artifice ...

  4. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    Thus, to be able to be made into part of a retinue or force. In common law, a sheriff's right to compel people to assist law enforcement in unusual situations. possunt quia posse videntur: They can because they think they can: Inscription on the back of Putney medals, awarded to boat race winning Oxford blues. From Virgil's Aeneid Book V line 231.

  5. List of catchphrases in American and British mass media

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    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.

  6. Cold Iron (poem) - Wikipedia

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    I forgive thy treason - I redeem thy fall For Iron Cold Iron - must be master of men all! " 'Crowns are for the valiant - sceptres for the bold! Thrones and Powers for mighty men who dare to take and hold!' " Nay! " said the Baron, kneeling in his hall, " But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of men all! Iron out of Calvary is master of men all!

  7. Forgiveness - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Marcus Aurelius shows clemency to the vanquished after his success against tribes (Capitoline Museum in Rome). Forgiveness, in a psychological sense, is the intentional and voluntary process by which one who may have felt initially wronged, victimized, harmed, or hurt goes through a process of changing feelings and attitude regarding a given offender for their actions, and overcomes ...

  8. A Man's a Man for A' That - Wikipedia

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    The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel shew, and a' that, The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that.

  9. Catullus 5 - Wikipedia

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    Catullus 5 in Latin and English. Catullus 5 is a passionate ode to Lesbia and one of the most famous poems by Catullus.The poem encourages lovers to scorn the snide comments of others, and to live only for each other, since life is brief and death brings a night of perpetual sleep.