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Seek and you shall find
Proverb: Seek, and you shall find Seek, and you shall find success in life. Many people have said various things about achieving success in life. Very few of them have said attaining success is easy. Patience is a virtue and is often a necessary quality when it comes to success in life. There is no…
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Proverb: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It shows that someone has taken an interest in your work and found it good enough to copy. Many argue that copying someone’s work without permission or acknowledgement is unfair and illegal. They say it can take away a lot…
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Hit the jackpot
Phrase: Hit the jackpot Recently one person hit the largest jackpot in American lottery history. The winning ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Centre in Altadena, California, and the store owner received a one million dollar bonus for selling the ticket. The store owner hit the jackpot, but do you know how much the winner…
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Liquid courage
WotD: Liquid courage What do you do when you can’t force yourself out of your comfort zone? Well, wrongly or rightly, some people will have a glass of liquid courage to help lower their inhibitions. Perhaps a young guy wants to ask out a pretty girl at a bar. Yes, all girls at the bar…
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Midas touch
WotD: Midas touch Way back in the history of the world, in the days of ancient Greek mythology, there was a king named Midas. For a good deed, King Midas was granted a wish, and he wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. You might think that having the Midas touch would be…
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Up your game
Phrase: Up your game You live in a dog-eat-dog world that forces you to up your game daily. There’s no doubt about it. Just when you are bringing your A-game and finally getting ahead of the game, it all starts to fall apart right in front of your eyes. You are doing your best, giving…
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Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely
Idiom: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Oh boy, if Lord Acton only knew just how right he was more than 100 years ago. I wish he could explain why every person – man, woman, or child – who has absolute power eventually becomes so corrupted. It’s one of…
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One door closes another opens
Proverb: One door closes, another opens Failure is never the end. Failure is the key to future success. Do you know why? It’s because when one door closes, another opens. This means that if you experience a failure in one thing, soon you’ll have an opportunity to try your hand at something else. Each end…
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Proverb: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or as I would say, no man marries an ugly woman. We all have different tastes and interpretations of the idea of beauty. That’s just what the proverb means. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder means…
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Suspension of disbelief
WotD: Suspension of disbelief In honour of Halloween, I created a lesson called The Joy of Fear, discussing why people enjoy being scared and seek out scary experiences. One question some students asked is how someone can be afraid of zombies. Or Dracula? Or any of the main characters portrayed in classical horror movies? None…
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