leo
Speech parts
1. leo - Noun
2. Leo - Proper noun
Meaning
The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.
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We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community." That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises.
My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.
The trouble with you, Ti, lectured Leo kindly, is that you lack teaching experience. If you had, you'd have faith that the most unlikely people can learn the most amazing things.
Leo Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of nonresistance to evil. He would meet hatred expressed in violence by love expressed in selfsuffering.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask for a moment of silence here in this chamber to remember our fallen colleague, my predecessor representing the San Francisco Peninsula in Congress, Leo Ryan, and to honor his work for justice and human rights.
Leo Byzantius said, "What would you do, if you saw my wife, who scarce reaches up to my knees?... Yet," went he on, "as little as we are, when we fall out with each other, the city of Byzantium is not big enough to hold us."