apophthegms — n. apothegm, concise saying; concise saying which expresses a general truth; proverb … English contemporary dictionary
Apophthegmatum opus — a translation of Plutarch s Apophthegmata by Erasmus of Rotterdam. It is a collection of apophthegms from classical antiquity.Many classical apophthegms repeated ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Alexander the Great. According to Speroni (p. 1),… … Wikipedia
Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt Egypt † … Catholic encyclopedia
ἀποφθεγματικόν — ἀποφθεγματικός dealing in apophthegms masc acc sg ἀποφθεγματικός dealing in apophthegms neut nom/voc/acc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
Francis Bacon — Infobox Philosopher region = Western philosophy era = Renaissance philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Sir Francis Bacon name = Francis Bacon birth = birth date|df=yes|1561|1|22 London, England death = death date and… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Udall — For the former Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, and Arizona Superior Court Judge, see Nick Udall. Nicholas Udall (1504 – 23 December 1556) was an English playwright, cleric, pederast and schoolmaster, the author of Ralph Roister Doister, generally… … Wikipedia
The Boy Who Cried Wolf — For other uses, see Cry Wolf. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, is one of Aesop s Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom to cry wolf , meaning to give a false alarm.[1] Contents 1 The fable and its history 2 See also … Wikipedia
Calormen — In C. S. Lewis s Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen (pronounced IPA| [ˈkaːlɔ(r)ˌmen] ) is a large country to the southeast of Narnia. Lewis derived its name from the Latin calor , meaning heat . When used as an adjective Lewis… … Wikipedia
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton — (1540 June 15, 1614), was the second son of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, the poet, and of his wife, the former Lady Frances de Vere, daughter of the 15th Earl of Oxford, and was the younger brother of the 4th Duke of Norfolk.He was educated… … Wikipedia
Stephen Vizinczey — (born Kalosz, Hungary, 12 May 1933) is an author and writer.LifeVizinczey s first published works were poems which appeared in George Lukacs s Budapest magazine Forum in 1949, when the writer was 16. He studied under Lukacs at the University of… … Wikipedia