| Concept: | Greatness. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD |
| Synonyms: |
-phrases
a maximis ad minima; "greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum licet [Seneca]; "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some
|
| Antonyms: | smallness |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Concept: | Influence. |
| Category: | 4. Indirect Power |
| Synonyms: |
-phrases
tel maure tel valet.
|
| Antonyms: | absence of influence |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Concept: | Success. |
| Synonyms: |
-phrases
veni vidi vici, the day being one;s own, one's star in the ascendant; omne tulit punctum.
|
| Antonyms: | failure |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Concept: | Repute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections; personal affections derived from the opinions or feelings of others) |
| Synonyms: |
-phrases
one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus; not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be
|
| Antonyms: | disrepute |
| Browse Concept Index » | |