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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 ...
When the going gets tough, the tough get going; When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak; When you have seen one, you have seen them all; What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the tombs; What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over
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
Looking back through history, there's no limit to what we can achieve on Wednesdays. Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel to outer space , achieved his remarkable feat on a Wednesday in 1961.
Famous people quotes about life. 46. “There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain.” —G.K. Chesterton (June 1926) 47. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and ...
Henry Fuseli's painting of Odysseus facing the choice between Scylla and Charybdis, 1794–1796. Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". [1]
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.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular phrase of witticism in American English. The phrase is an example of an antimetabole . The origin of the phrase has been attributed to various sources.