1. 1  a rigid plate, usually of steel in the shape of an arc of a cylinder, coated on the outside of its curved surface with a friction-producing material and tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action.
La vita Ã¨ bella redirects here. For other uses, see La vita Ã¨ bella (disambiguation). Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita Ã¨ bella [la ËviËta É bËbÉlla]) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami.
Non scholae sed vitae topic. Non scholÃ¦ sed vitÃ¦ is a Latin phrase . Its longer form is non scholÃ¦ sed vitÃ¦ discimus , which means We do not learn for school, but for life. The scholae and vitae are first-declension feminine datives of purpose .