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| Concept: | Resolution. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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spes sibi quisque; celui qui veut celui-la peut; chi non s'arrischia non guadagna; frangas non flectes; manu forti; tentanda via est.
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| Antonyms: | irresolution |
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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: | Judgment. [Conclusion.] |
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"a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice]; "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd" [Byron]; "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct" [Disreeli]; la critique est aislée et l'art est difficile; "nothing if not critical" [Othello]; "O most lame and impotent
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| Antonyms: | misjudgment |
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| Concept: | Perseverance. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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never say die; vestigia nulla retrorsum; aut vincer aut mori; la garde meurt et ne se rend pas; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre.
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| Concept: | [Degree of power] Strength. |
| Category: | 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT |
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"our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | weakness |
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| Concept: | Will. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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stet pro ratione voluntas; sic volo sic jubeo; a vostro beneplacito; beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere; Deus vull; was man nicht kann meiden muss man wilig leiden.
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| Antonyms: | necessity |
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