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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.
Cold hands, warm heart [a] Comparisons are odious [a] Count your blessings [a] Courage is the measure of a Man, Beauty is the measure of a Woman [a] Cowards may die many times before their death [a] Crime does not pay [a] Cream rises. Criss-cross, applesauce [a] Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
learn or depart / learn or leave: Motto of Royal College, Colombo and of King's School, Rochester. disce ut semper victurus, vive ut cras moriturus: Learn as if [you will] live forever; live as if [you will] die tomorrow. Attributed to St. Edmund of Abingdon; first seen in Isidoro de Sevilla: discendo discimus: while learning we learn
Maya Angelou quotes. “Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.”. “In all my work, what I try to say is that ...
An additional section of sayings which "also belong to the wise" follows in verses 24:23-34. [15] Chapters 25–29, attributed to the editorial activity of "the men of Hezekiah", contrast the just and the wicked and broach the topic of rich and poor. [16] Chapter 30:1-4, the "sayings of Agur", introduces creation, divine power, and human ...
Sapere aude is the Latin phrase meaning "Dare to know"; and also is loosely translated as "Have courage to use your own reason", "Dare to know things through reason". ". Originally used in the First Book of Letters (20 BC), by the Roman poet Horace, the phrase Sapere aude became associated with the Age of Enlightenment, during the 17th and 18th centuries, after Immanuel Kant used it in the ...
Know thyself. " Know thyself " ( Greek: Γνῶθι σαυτόν, gnōthi sauton) [ a] is a philosophical maxim which was inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek precinct of Delphi. The best-known of the Delphic maxims, it has been quoted and analyzed by numerous authors throughout history, and has been applied in many ways.
Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει. "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw". Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει. Aeì koloiòs parà koloiôi hizánei. "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw". Similar to English "birds of a feather flock together." Papyrus, dated 75–125 A.D ...