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  2. Amor fati - Wikipedia

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    Amor fati is a Latin phrase that may be translated as "love of fate" or "love of one's fate".It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or, at the very least, necessary.

  3. With great power comes great responsibility - Wikipedia

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    DreamHaven Books, a book store in Minneapolis using the famous quote in its store during the aftermath of the George Floyd protests "With great power comes great responsibility" is a proverb popularized by Spider-Man in Marvel comics, films, and related media.

  4. She's All That - Wikipedia

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    Berkshire was positive about the two leads, saying "appealing young actors come off as competent, nothing more, given a context that can't be transcended." He described the direction as "nothing to be ashamed of here, but nothing of any distinction, either", and noted the soundtrack as a not unexpected plus. [30]

  5. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Wikipedia

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    Churchill's speech lasted nearly fifty minutes, in which he first stated "Almost a year has passed since the war began, and it is natural for us, I think, to pause on our journey at this milestone and survey the dark, wide field" [9] going on to say that, so far, there had been many fewer casualties than at the same point in the First World War, stating that the war was not a "prodigious ...

  6. Wikipedia:Emerson and Wilde on consistency - Wikipedia

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    With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.'

  7. Wikipedia:Don't be ashamed - Wikipedia

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    This page in a nutshell: Sometimes, an edit made in good faith does not comply to policy or consensus. Don't be ashamed of making mistakes. Don't be ashamed of making mistakes. Shame can be a very powerful emotion.

  8. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...

  9. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    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 pántote zeteῖn tḕn alḗtheian "ever seeking the truth" — Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers [26] — a characteristic of ...