Re: Ad
astra per aspera
Posted by masakim
on January 28, 2002 In Reply to: Ad astra
per aspera posted by Bruce Kahl on January 28, 2002
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HELP !
: : : Can anyone tell me what the phrase "Ad Astar Per Aspera" means
in English ? Even if you only know a part of it, please email me at Thunt4@towson.edu
Thanks!
: Ad astra per aspera means 'to the stars through difficulties' and
is the state motto of Kansas ( USA ).
: More state mottoes in Latin at the
link below.
"TO the stars through stars" means figuratively "Greatness is only
achieved by surmounting problems."
Virgil wrote in _Aeneid_ Book 9:
Macte
nova virtute, sic itur ad astra.
(Blessings on your young courage, boy; that's
the way to the stars.)
The motto of the Mulvany family "Per ardua ad astra"
(Through struggles to the stars) has become that of the Royal Air Force in 1913.
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