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All hands on deck/to the pump. All is grist that comes to the mill [a] All roads lead to Rome [a] [b] All that glitters/glistens is not gold [a] [b] All the world loves a lover [a] All things come to those who wait [a] All things must pass [a] All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy [a] [b] All you need is love.
Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country. — attributed to Horace Greeley , New-York Daily Tribune , July 13, 1865 [1] [2] The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations [3] gives the full quotation as, "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country", from Hints toward Reforms [4] (1850) by Horace Greeley, but the phrase does not occur ...
ἀπὸ μηχανῆς Θεός. apò mēkhanês Theós. Deus ex machina. "God from the machine". The phrase originates from the way deity figures appeared in ancient Greek theaters, held high up by a machine, to solve a problem in the plot. "Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μετάστηθι" — Diogenes the Cynic — in a 1763 painting by ...
Famous people quotes about human nature. 31. “Every cynic is a sentimentalist under the skin.” —Louis L’Amour (September 1996) 32. “ Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a ...
Inspirational quotes. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”. — Serena Williams. “Your worth consists in what you are, and not ...
35 Best Grinch Quotes. “It came without ribbons, it came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.”. — The Grinch. “Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store ...
saltus in demonstrando. leap in explaining. a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. salus in arduis. a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties. a Roman Silver Age maxim. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School . salus populi suprema lex esto. the welfare of the people is to be the highest law.
to which the response given would be something like, "Yeah right, and cows fly". Other variations slightly fallen into disuse include cuando las ranas crien pelo ("when frogs grow hair") and cuando San Juan agache el dedo ("when Saint John bends his finger"). The latter is a reference to the common depiction of St. John with one or two extended ...