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through hardships to the stars: From Seneca the Younger; frequently used motto, sometimes as ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through hardships") per capita: by heads "Per head", i.e., "per person", a ratio by the number of persons. The singular is per caput. per capsulam: through the small box: That is, "by letter" per contra: through the ...
Per ardua ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" [1] or "through struggle to the stars" [2] that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the Royal Indian Air Force until 1947.
to the stars through difficulties: i.e., "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. Used as a motto by the State of Kansas and other organisations ad augusta per angusta: through difficulties to honours: i.e., to rise to a high position overcoming hardships. ad captandum vulgus
Some readings of the poem see the wanderer as progressing through three phases; first as the ānhaga (solitary man) who dwells on the deaths of other warriors and the funeral of his lord, then as the mōdcearig man (man sorrowful of heart) [6] who meditates on past hardships and on the fact that mass killings have been innumerable in history ...
3. “A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.” — Maya Angelou 4. “Life is pleasant, death is peaceful.
77. "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." 78. "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." 79. "[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor."
Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his Aeneid: "sic itur ad astra" ('thus one journeys to the stars') [1] and "opta ardua pennis astra sequi" ('desire to pursue the high[/hard to reach] stars on wings'). [2]
As she does throughout her autobiographies, Angelou speaks not only for herself, but for her entire gender and race. Her poems continue the themes of mild protest and survival also found in her autobiographies, and inject hope through humor. Tied with Angelou's theme of racism is her treatment of the struggle and hardships experienced by her race.