MISFORTUNE MOCCASIN FLOWER
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Suave mari magno, turbantibus sequora ventis
E terra magnum alterius spectare laborum.
It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.
| author = Lucretius
| work = De Rerum Natura.
| place = II. 1.
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| text = <poem>Rocks whereon greatest men have of test wreck'd.
MnvroN—Paradise Regained. Bk. II. L. 228.
Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristiham
Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.
Whoever has fallen from his former high
estate is in his calamity the scorn even of the
base.
Fhjeduvs—Fables. I. 21. 1.
Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.
Rashness brings success to few, misfortune
to many.
Phsjdrus—Fables. V. 4. 12.
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I never knew any man in my life, who could
not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a
Christian.
Pope. See Swot's Thoughts on Various Subjects.
As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat,
And none could be unhappy but the Great.
Nicholas Rowe—The Fair Penitent. Prologue. L. 3.
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| text = <poem>Nihil infelicius eo, cui nihil unquam evenit
adversi, non licuit enim illi se experiri.
There is no one more unfortunate than
the man who has never been unfortunate,
for it has never been in his power to try himself.
Seneca—De Providentia. III.
Calamitas virtutis occasio est'.
Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
Seneca—De Providentia. IV.
Nil est nee miserius nee stultius quam prsetimere. Quae ista dementia est, malum suum
antecedere!
There is nothing so wretched or foolish as
to anticipate misfortunes. What madness
it is in your expecting evil before it arrives!
Seneca—Epistdke Ad Lucilium. XCVIII .
Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.
When you see a man in distress, recognize
him as a fellow man.
Seneca—Hercules Furens. 463.
The worst is not
So long as we can say "This is the worst."
King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 29.
O, give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune's book.
Romeo and Juliet. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 81.
Such a house broke!
So noble a master fallen! All gone! and not
One friend to take his fortune by the arm,
And go along with him.
Timon of Athens. Act IV. Sc. 2. L, 5.
We have seen better days.
Timon of Athens. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 27.
From good to bad, and from bad to worse,
From worse unto that is worst of all,
And then return to his former fall.
Spenser—The Shepherd's Calendar. Feb.
L. 12.
Misfortune had conquered her, how true it
is, that sooner or later the most rebellious
must bow beneath the same yoke.
Madame de' Stael—Corinne. Bk. XVII.
Ch. II.
Bonum est fugienda adspicere in alieno malo.
It is good to see in the misfortunes of
others what we should avoid.
Syrus—Maxims.
I shall not let a sorrow die
Until I find the heart of it,
Nor let a wordless joy go by
Until it talks to me a bit;
And the ache my body knows
Shall teach me more than to another,
I shall look deep at mire and rose
Until each one becomes my brother.
Sara TeasdaleHoccin est credibile, aut memorabile,
Tanta vecordia innata cuiquam ut siet,
Ut malis gaudeant alienis, atque ex incommodis
Alterius, sua ut comparent commoda?
It is to be believed or told that there is
such malice in men as to rejoice in misfortunes,
and from another's woes to draw delight.
Terence—Andria. IV. 1. 1.
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| text = <poem>Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all
the more boldly against them.
Vergil—Æneid. VI. 95.
So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore;
The glory from his gray hairs gone
For evermore!
Whittter—Ichabod.
None think the great unhappy, but the great.
Young—Love of Fame. Satire.
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MOCCASIN FLOWER
Cypripedium
With careless joy we thread the woodland ways
And reach her broad domain.
Thro' sense of strength and beauty, free as air.
We feel our savage kin,—
And thus alone with conscious meaning wear
The Indian's moccasin!
Elaine Goodale—Moccasin Flower.
