Quote of Publius Vergilius Maro - Blessings on your young courage, boy...
Biography - Publius Vergilius Maro:
Roman poet.
Born: -70 - Died: -19
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Born: -70 - Died: -19
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Blessings on your young courage, boy; that's the way to the stars.
Translation
(French, German, Latin)
Macte nova virtute, puer, sic itur ad astra.
See also...
Quotes about courage:
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Quotes about stars:
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Men at some time are masters of their fates;
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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