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"From a bad crow, a bad egg" I.e. like father, like son. Κακὸς ἀνὴρ μακρόβιος. Kakòs anḕr makróbios. "A bad man lives long." καλλίστῃ kallístēi "for the prettiest one", "to the most beautiful" From the myth of the Golden Apple of Discord. Diagoras of Rhodes carried in the stadium by his two sons
Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quotation is a film quote by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan . The quotation is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora! as: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. [ 1]
Rheum from a cat's eyes. Rheum ( / ruːm /; from Greek: ῥεῦμα rheuma 'a flowing, rheum') is a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep (contrast with mucopurulent discharge ). [ 1][ 2][ 3] Rheum dries and gathers as a crust in the corners of the eyes or the mouth, on the eyelids, or under the nose ...
Robin Arzón. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”. — Mark Twain. “Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow.”. — Vincent Williams Sr. “You don’t ...
Myth #1: A glass of red wine is good for your heart If you believed this myth, we wouldn’t blame you. For decades, studies claimed that red wine had heart health benefits , including a lower ...
Original form. "A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed." Coined by. Henrik Ibsen. " A picture is worth a thousand words " is an adage in multiple languages meaning that complex and sometimes multiple ideas [ 1] can be conveyed by a single still image, which conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than ...
My hands were a question mark there for a minute but the human body is incredible and so are HUMANS. ... projected to make a full recovery. And I’m really starting to understand the meaning of ...
To be, or not to be. Comparison of the "To be, or not to be" speech in the first three editions of Hamlet, showing the varying quality of the text in the Bad Quarto, the Good Quarto and the First Folio. " To be, or not to be " is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1).