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| Concept: | [Indefinite duration] Course. |
| Category: | 1. ABSOLUTE TIME |
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labitur et labetur [Horace]; truditur dies die [Horace]; fugaces labuntur anni [Horace]; "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
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| Concept: | End. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
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"as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; finem respice; ultimus
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| Antonyms: | beginning |
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| Concept: | [Successive change of place] Motion. |
| Category: | 1. Motion in General |
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eppur si muove [Galileo]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.
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| Antonyms: | quiescence |
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| Concept: | Distance. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
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"distance lends enchantment" [Campbell].
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| Concept: | Escape. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
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the bird has flown the coop.
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| Concept: | Promise. |
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in for a penny in for a pound; ex voto; gage d'amour.
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