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PRUDENTES VINO
abstinent.
The wise abstain from wine
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- fasting, abstinence from food ~ ascetic life [11Q311] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sobriety; 'Sobrietą', 'Astinenza' (Ripa) [31B59] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Temperance, Moderation; 'Misura' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54A43(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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MATURANDUM.
Making good speed
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Maturare iubent propere & cunctarier omnes
Ne nimium praeceps neu mora longa nimis
Hoc tibi declaret connexum echneide[1] telum
Haec tarda est, volitant spicula missa manu.
Everyone tells us to deal with things quickly, but they also tell us to hold back - not to be impetuous, nor yet to wait too long. A missile linked with a sucking-fish can demonstrate this for you: the fish is slow, but arrows fly fast when they leave the shooter’s hand.
1. ‘linked with a sucking fish’. The sucking-fish (echeneis or remora) was a creature believed by the ancients to have the power of slowing the course of ships to which it attached itself. See Pliny, Natural History 32.1.2-6. He describes it as about six inches long and like a slug. See also [A31a050].
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