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Deus alternatively Deo/Dios in Romance languages is the name of God. It comes from the Latin which in turn comes from the Greek "Zeus", who in Greek mythology he was the god of the gods. The word "Zeus"which has the same Indo-European root*dyeu-or "day", and means sun or bright. The Romans incorporated the Greek pantheon by giving them their ...
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 speak and remove all doubt ...
Refrain: By and by, when the morning comes, when the saints of God are gathered home, we’ll tell the story, how we’ve overcome, for we’ll understand it better by and by. We are often destitute of the things that life demands, want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands; we are trusting in the Lord, and according to ...
The greatest praise the Talmudic rabbis offered to any woman was that given to a wife that fulfils the wishes of her husband. [7] The husband too was expected to love his wife as much as he loves himself, and honour her more than he honours himself; [8] indeed, one who honours his wife was said, by the classical rabbis, to be rewarded with ...
In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850) is an elegiac, narrative poem in 2,916 lines of iambic tetrameter, composed in 133 cantos, each canto headed with a Roman numeral, and organised in three parts: (i) the prologue, (ii) the poem, and (iii) the epilogue. [4]
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The verb form of the word "agape" goes as far back as Homer. In a Christian context, agape means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [3] Agape is also used to refer to a love feast. [4] The Christian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas described agape as "to will the good of another". [5]