Meaning of one and the same(p) in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    one and the same(p)

    Definitions

    1. being the exact same one

    Examples

    • « not any other: »
    • « this is the identical room we stayed in before »
    • « the themes of his stories are one and the same »
    • « saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers »
    • « on this very spot »
    • « the very thing he said yesterday »
    • « the ver »

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Famous quotes

  • « Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords? »
    John Clayton
  • « Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. »
    Alan Watts
  • « Sin, guilt, neurosis they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. »
    Henry Miller
  • « If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days. »
    Sylvia Plath
  • « One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. »
    Baruch Spinoza

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