April 30th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Animum debes mutare, non caelum."
"Animum debes mutare, non caelum."
"You ought to change your mind, not your sky." - Seneca's formulation of Horace's observation that changing climates does not necessarily change who you are, which is presumably your real problem. You would be better off solving your problems where you are than expecting that moving elsewhere will solve them. I post this as I am preparing to move back to my home state of Rhode Island after 12 years!
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C.E. - 65 C.E.), Letters to Lucilius, XXVIII
Pridie Kalendas Maias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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