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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch; There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream; There are none so blind as those who will not see – attributed variously to Edmund Burke or George Santayana; There are two sides to every question; There but for the grace of God go I; There is an exception to every rule
A little earlier, George Herbert had included "Help thyself, and God will help thee" in his proverb collection, Jacula Prudentum (1651). [12] But it was the English political theorist Algernon Sidney who originated the now familiar wording, "God helps those who help themselves", [13] apparently the first exact rendering of the phrase.
In other words, the gods have ideas different from those of mortals, and so events do not always occur in the way persons wish them to. Cf. Virgil, Aeneid, 2: 428. Also cf. "Man proposes and God disposes" and "My Thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways", Isaiah 55, 8–9. dis manibus sacrum (D.M.S.) Sacred to the ghost-gods
It also has appeared under the title Thoughts on Various Subjects. It consists of a series of short epigrams or apothegms with no particular connections between them. It contains the quotation "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him," the source for the title of ...
"O Lord God Almighty, Father of Thy well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ, by whom we have received knowledge of Thee; God of angels, powers, and every creature that lives before Thee; I thank Thee that Thou hast graciously thought me worthy of this day and hour, that I may receive a portion in the number of Thy martyrs, and drink of Christ's cup, for ...
The phrase thoughts and prayers is frequently used in the United States as an expression of condolences for victims of natural disasters (e.g. Hurricane Katrina in 2005, [8] [9] the 2010 Canterbury earthquake [10] 2011 Christchurch earthquake, [11] [12] [13] the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake, and Hurricane Maria in 2017 [1]).
(See Rom 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.") strenuis ardua cedunt: the heights yield to endeavour: Motto of the University of Southampton. stricto sensu cf. sensu stricto: with the tight meaning: Less literally, "in the strict sense". stupor mundi: the wonder of the world
"Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" is a three-part narrative, centred upon the seasons summer, winter and spring. Time describes the singer as "haunted by three pushy ghosts : a friend , a father , a long lost love." [3] According to Allmusic, the song draws "its inspiration from the singer's often-tragic ...