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The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to people who display courage in a similar way to those John F. Kennedy described in his book Profiles in Courage. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national ...
Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher, also recognized the four cardinal virtues as prudence, temperance, courage, and justice. In his writings, he states: In these words Moses intends to sketch out the particular virtues. And they also are four in number, prudence, temperance, courage, and justice.
Virtus. Virtus (Classical Latin: [ˈwɪrt̪uːs̠]) was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus.
servant of the Divine Word: A phrase denoting a priest. Cf. "Verbum Dei" infra. verbi gratia (v. gr. or v. g.) for example: Literally, "for the sake of a word". Verbum Dei: Word of God: See religious text. Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris: The word of the Lord [is] a light for our feet: Motto of the University of Groningen: verbum Domini ...
Fortune favours the bold is the translation of a Latin proverb, which exists in several forms with slightly different wording but effectively identical meaning, such as: audentes Fortuna iuvat, [1] audentes Fortuna adiuvat, Fortuna audaces iuvat, and. audentis Fortuna iuvat. This last form is used by Turnus, an antagonist in the Aeneid by ...
similar substances will dissolve similar substances: Used as a general rule in chemistry; "like dissolves like" refers to the ability of polar or non polar solvents to dissolve polar or non polar solutes respectively. [9] simplex sigillum veri: simplicity is the sign of truth: expresses a sentiment akin to Keep It Simple, Stupid: sincere et ...
Likewise, an annulment is a judicial declaration of the invalidity or nullity of a marriage ab initio: the so-called marriage was "no thing" (Latin: nullius, from which the word "nullity" derives) and never existed, except perhaps in name only. ab intestato: from an intestate
We joined her in a second room with a large bed. Kate, sitting up with an IV in her foot, was the image of an angel, dressed in white linen against a light blue sheet, with a large smile on her face.