May 5th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "aequam servare mentem"
"aequam servare mentem"
"to keep an even mind," id est, "keep calm," "keep one's cool"
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 - 8 B.C.E.), Odes, II.iii.1 - this expression is an abbreviation of Horace's "aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem" - "remember to keep an even mind in difficult circumstances"
a.d. III Nonas Maias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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