I should have been wise to it this time around;fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on meas the saying goes. Tip:Use the menu at the top to find more common phrases like this one. They are organized alphabetically, so finding your favorite phrase has never been easier. ...
This phrase made such a big impression on me. It sums up so much great advice frommanyothermastersinto a succinct statement. It's the ultimate advice. The day we lose our ability for astonishment, our curiosity, our desire to keep learning, is the day we stagnate. This is true for our...
Other than that, we (or some of us) are fine. Everybody else is dumb. Once upon a time, formidable giants lived everywhere. In myths, the Scandinavian gods fought them. Nowadays, smart boys and girls overpower them in folk tales, and giants have long since gained an unenviable reputation...
and the stones in Brittany. For many years a rail pass was affordable and easy to use, and the idea of just being able to jump on a train at whim was a lot of fun. Once it got me into trouble, though.
This phrase aligns with other biblical teachings, such as in Ecclesiastes 7:9, which warns against being quick to anger, and James 1:19-20, which advises believers to be slow to anger. The fool's behavior contrasts with the fruit of the Spirit, which includes self-control (Galatians 5:...
Perhaps, I thought, it was another lady poet, and Wilfred Owen had got confused. So then I started trying to track the phrase in any poem from the relevant period. I found it. Twice. There are two poems praising dying for your country both titledDulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori. ...
But we have an Apache marriage - once joined, never parted. And one of its main strengths is that we've never tried to change each other. And sailing is more than a hobby - or even a profession - for me. It's a grand passion. A way of life. I've always promised her that...
She showed me the building where she had once worked. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived. When the sun rose, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me. Then we arrived at a low ...
“Honey, what kind of fool are you?” This was back in the day when teachers could both call a student “Honey” and insult him freely. There was mastery in the way she did both at once. And since that day, it seems as though my life has been one long quest to answer that very...
I remember asking my foreign friends to go to the opera once. I am filled with joy in wearing a white dress. Because there are several people, we agreed to go to his house first and then start together. When I got to his home, I couldn't see it! Everyone else was dressed casually...