
Tolerantia.
Patience
Fortis in adversis animo non frangitur alto:
Sed contra semper promptius ire parat.
Crescit, & obdurat, iuvat indulgere labori,
Pascitur hic laesis, vincula nulla timet.
Aureus ut foliis & lento vimine ramus[1]
Avulsus simili pignore, fronde redit.
Non minor & mens fit variis exercita curis,
Quove magis demis copia maior erit.
Augescunt, non franguntur divina labore:
Res hominum absumit, perficit illa labor.
The brave man, though he faces adverse circumstances, does not break in his proud soul, but makes himself ready for the fight more speedily. He grows and steels himself, and the suffering becomes pleasant, he feeds on harm, and fears no fetters. Like the Golden Bough, with its shining leaves and supple branch, which, when pulled off, grows back with similar offspring and leaves, the mind, too, will not be less when it has been tried by different cares; the more you take away, the greater the throng will be. They grow, and are not broken by divine labour: mens’ lives consume them; labour perfects them.
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- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Aeneas affixes the 'Golden Bough' to the threshold of Pluto's palace [96B547] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm raised upward (+ other neutral connotations) [31A2511(+939)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ holding something) [31A2512(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm stretched forward (+ indicating, pointing at) [31A2512(+931)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- baldness [31A5339] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beard [31A534] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Cerberus, the three- or many-headed dog; 'Cerbero' (Ripa) [93E4] Search | Browse Iconclass
- entrances to Hades [930] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fire (one of the four elements) [21C] Search | Browse Iconclass
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552] Search | Browse Iconclass
- old man [31D16] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one leg in front of the other (+ standing) [31A2621(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- one leg in front of the other, walking position (+ standing) [31A26211(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ branch, stick) [25G3(+22)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ stem, trunk) [25G3(+21)] Search | Browse Iconclass
Relating to the text:
- Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa) [54FF11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Damage, Disservice; 'Danno' (Ripa) [54BB31] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Divine Nature [11A2] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Fearlessness, Intrepidity; 'Intrepiditą & Costanza' (Ripa) [54A81] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Industriousness, Assiduity; 'Assiduitą', 'Industria', 'Zelo' (Ripa) [54A11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- leaves, putting forth leaves «« KEY (33) TO 25G plants; vegetation [25G(+33)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- mind, spirit [31B] Search | Browse Iconclass
- nutrition, nourishment [41C] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Opposition, Counteraction, Resistance (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54EE11(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) [56BB1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pride, Loftiness; 'Alterezza in persona nata povera civile' (Ripa) [57AA64] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Progress, Improvement, Recovery (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54F13(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generositą dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtł del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) [54A7] Search | Browse Iconclass
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