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A friend to everyone is a friend to no one; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; A little learning is a dangerous thing; A leopard cannot change its spots; A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life ...
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
In the state of being possible; as opposed to in esse. in propria persona: in one's own person: For one's self, for the sake of one's personhood; acting on one's own behalf, especially a person representing themselves in a legal proceeding; abbreviated pro per. See also pro se: litigant in person, pro se legal representation in the United ...
apologia pro vita sua: defense of one's life [11] apud: in the writings of: Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand aqua (aq.) water: aqua fortis: strong water: Refers to nitric acid, thus called because of its ability to dissolve all materials except gold and platinum aqua pura: pure water: Or, "clear water" or "clean water ...
apologia pro vita sua: defense of one's life [12] apud: in the writings of: Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand aqua (aq.) water: aqua fortis: strong water: Refers to nitric acid, thus called because of its ability to dissolve all materials except gold and platinum aqua pura: pure water: Or, "clear water" or "clean water ...
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
In the late 19th century, the phrase gained currency among gamblers and con men as a cynical comment on human gullibility. In an 1879 article entitled "Gambling in Chicago", an "old-timer" says about the struggles of hard-up gamblers: "[G]oodness knows how they live, it's mighty hard times with the most of them; in the season they make a bit on base ball, or on the races, and then, you know ...
They held the lease until 1880. During their tenancy, the young Robert Louis made frequent use of the cottage, being attracted by the quiet country life and the feeling of remoteness. It is likely that the time he spent there influenced his later writing as well as his wider outlook on life, particularly his love of nature and of wild places.