dictum

This basic dictum also aligns with the post-World War II American story.

Aeschylus’ dictum from “Agamemnon” that “through suffering comes learning” captured a key lesson in cultivating empathy and communal judgment.

They are the ones who hold official secrets or, as one explains, uphold the ancient dictum, “the servants have no ears,” and resolve not to hear them.

Watson pronounces Holmes’ famous dictum that once you eliminate the impossible, what remains, however improbable, is the truth; he must say it a lot, given the kids’ reaction.

This will be a willful surrender to the age-old, patently illogical dictum that preparing for war is the necessary precondition for peace.