Sunday, August 24, 2008

nil desperandum




Nil Desperandum: there is no cause for despair; never despair.
- Horace [c.65-8 BCE]

Endure the present, and watch for better things.
- Virgil [c.70-19 BCE].

Glass etching by artist John Hutton [1906-1978] for Canada's National Library and Archives of Roman poets Horace and Virgil.