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Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
This famous aphorism used to characterize Heraclitus' thought comes from Simplicius, a Neoplatonist, and from Plato's Cratylus. The word rhei (ρέι, cf. rheology) is the Greek word for "to stream"; according to Plato's Cratylus, it is related to the etymology of Rhea. πάντοτε ζητεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν
Tuesday marks 52 years since Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, and then later known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was a human ...
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.)
Lit: "Repeated things help". Usually said as a jocular remark to defend the speaker's (or writer's) choice to repeat some important piece of information to ensure reception by the audience. repetitio est mater studiorum: repetition is the mother of study/learning: requiem aeternam dona ei(s), Domine: give him/her (them) eternal rest, O Lord
However, these were almost certainly not Caesar's true last words: Plutarch quotes Caesar as saying in Greek, the language of the Roman elite at the time, καὶ σὺ τέκνον (Kaì sù téknon?), translated as "You too, (my) child?", quoting from Menander. et uxor (et ux.) and wife: A legal term. et vir: and husband: A legal term.
"A very stable genius", a phrase used by Trump in a January 6, 2018, tweet praising his own "mental stability". [55] [56] The phrase was subsequently used as the title of at least two books and a proposed congressional bill. "Believe women", a slogan of the #MeToo movement.
William Shakespeare's play Hamlet has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Some also occur elsewhere (e.g. in the Bible) or are proverbial. All quotations are second quarto except as noted: