There are WORDS that are frozen in history . Uttered at the right moment by famous persons, these words become timeless gems. Here are a few!
'PECCAVI'! This was a one word telegram sent to England by Gen. Charles Napiere when he annexed
the Sind province (now in Pakistan) to the English domains in India. In doing
this he had exceeded his brief that he would only quell the rebellion and
come back. PECCAVI, a Latin words, means ' I have sinned' and the PUN
was intended to convey, in one word, a moment of contrition and a
conquest !!
And what do we see here ! An absolutely naked man running down a busy city-road shouting 'EUREKA.!
EUREKA ! '( I have found it, I have found it !). He is on his way to the palace of king Heroin the second. The man is none other than the great ancient Greek scientist Archimedes and he has just 'accidentally' made a discovery while sitting naked in a bath tub trying to figure out the solution to a problem tormenting his king !The sheer serendipity of such simple discovery made him forget that he was stark naked !
Next we arrive in ancient city of Rome. The great Roman dictator Julius Cæser has just been stabbed in the recorded
history's most infamous act of betrayal. And you can feel the anguished dismay in the exclamation of Julius Cæser as he says "ET TU BRUTE !" (And you too Brutus !) as he looks back and collapses after being stabbed in the back by his most trusted friend Marcus Brutus and dies.
'ET TU BRUTE' has come to symbolise an act of betrayal of trust !
VENI, VIDI, VICI IS a latin phrase meanung "I came; I saw; I conquered" attributed to Julius Caesar after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela. The phrase is used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory.
You can add more phrases !
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