- vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit. » called or not called, god is there.
- latin.
- carved on the door to psychologist carl jung's house in switzerland.
- l'appel du vide. » the call of the void.
- french.
- refers to intrusive thoughts or the urge to engage in destructive behaviors during everyday life. (x)
- l'esprit de l'escalier. » staircase wit.
- french.
- refers to the state of thinking of the perfect reply too late.
- in flagrante delicto. » in blazing offence.
- latin.
- legal term used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offence; in other words, being caught red-handed.
- apophasis. » to say no.
- greek.
- the raising of an issue by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up.
- kyōka suigetsu. » 鏡花水月; mirror flower, water moon.
- japanese. (considered an east asian proverb in general)
- chinese: 鏡中的花，水裡的月.
- something that cannot be grasped, like a flower reflected in a mirror or the moon reflected on the water's surface; you can see them, but you cannot touch them, something that is beautiful but unattainable dreams, a mirage.
- ichi-go ichi-e. » 一期一会; one time, one meeting.
- japanese.
- a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
- jigou jitoku. » one's act, one's profit.
- japanese.
- english equivalent: you reap what you sow.
- mea culpa. » through my fault.
- latin.
- an acknowledgement of having done wrong.
- magnum opus. » great work.
- latin.
- a large and important work of art, music, or literature, especially one regarded as the most important work of an artist or writer.
- gesamtkunstwerk. » ideal work of art.
- german.
- a work of art that makes/strives to use all or many art forms.
- de mortuis nil nisi bonum. » of the dead, [speak] nothing unless good.
- latin.
- social convention that it is inappropriate to speak ill of the recently deceased, even if they were an enemy.
- nulla poena sine praevira lege poenali. » there is to be no penalty without previous penalizing law.
- latin.
- the universal principle of legality. also the first act of the wetboek van strafrecht (the dutch-made indonesian penal code).
- rasasvada. » रसास्वाद; perception of pleasure.
- sanskrit.
- the taste of bliss in the absence of all thoughts. used in traditional indian philosophy.
- fingerspitzengefühl. » fingertip feeling.
- german.
- the ability to think clearly about multiple phenomena.
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