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Better safe than sorry; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven (John Milton, in Paradise Lost) [8] Be yourself; Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to ...
The curse is sometimes presented as the first in a trilogy. Comedic author Terry Pratchett stated: . The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for."
Good old days – commonly stylized as "good ol' days" – is a cliché in popular culture used to reference a time considered by the speaker to be better than the current era. It is a form of nostalgia that can reflect homesickness or yearning for long-gone moments. [1]
The expression originates from Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. [1] This is a pun on a mnemonic [citation needed] for the usage of the Latin word iam (formerly often written and pronounced jam), which means "at this time", but only in the future or past tense, not in the present (which is instead nunc "now").
References (Simplified Chinese) www.audio-books.cn 有声读物网 China Basic Education 中国基础教育网 www.fainfo.com 圣言学堂 P/S 1) I never heard "It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a man in a chaotic period." before, can someone show me the proverb ? 2) "May you be born in an important time" ?! Confucius ?!
Barbara McNair released a version of the song as the title track of her 1969 album More Today Than Yesterday; Barbara Acklin released a version of the song on his 1970 album Someone Else's Arms; Chris Connor released a version of the song on her 1970 album Sketches; Joe Bataan released a version of the song on his 1971 album Mr. New York And ...
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The Words of the Year usually reflect events that happened during the years the lists were published. For example, the Word of the Year for 2005, 'integrity', showed that the general public had an immense interest in defining this word amid ethics scandals in the United States government, corporations, and sports. [1]