Words of Wisdom 02 (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

Re: Words of Wisdom (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

Postby winston » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:00 pm

Word to the Wise: Dastard

A "dastard" (DAS-terd) is a mean, sneaky coward. The word may have been derived from "dast/dased," Middle English for "stupid" or "dull."

Example (as used in Time magazine): "Even that notorious dastard and Spanish Political Grafter Juan March, popularly supposed to get his way in any part of Spain with 1,000 peseta notes, bolted like a rabbit for France until things should quiet down."
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Re: Words of Wisdom (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

Postby winston » Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:57 am

A man who knows four languages is worth four men. -Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.- Wole Soyinka
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Re: Words of Wisdom (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

Postby winston » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:54 pm

Instead of saying a hundred things, it is better to do one thing properly. Sanctify your life by doing selfless work. For the person who talks a lot, there is no time for work. For the person who is engaged in work, there is no time to talk.

Instead of wasting time in your words, use your time in service to mankind, which is service to the Divine, all the while repeating the Name of the Divine.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 31, 1975.
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Re: Words of Wisdom (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

Postby winston » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:42 pm

Word to the Wise: Locution

A "locution" (loh-KYOO-shun) - from the Latin for "to speak" - is a style of verbal expression, a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.

Example (as used by Don Hauptman today): "Although the English language offers us a remarkably wide choice of words, some concepts are better expressed in other languages, especially when no precise equivalent exists in English. In addition, an imported locution is often more concise and stylistically superior."
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Re: Words of Wisdom (Nov 08 - Jan 09)

Postby kennynah » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:57 pm

an imported locution could be

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