Virescit vulnere virtus Learning from childhood of the cultivation of vines, I follow each part of this metaphor: No vine can flower on old timber, new shoots only grow after pruning, But then you must cut them, allow the sky into the branches, Thin out the clusters themselves, or rot takes them late in the season. A maxim, the origin of which I withhold from scholarly curiosity, has long been my motto: Increscunt animi, virescit volnere virtus. ["The spirits increase, vigor grows through a wound."] Bronze statuette of Roma or Virtus, 50-75 CE (Getty Villa) Virtus (Classical Latin: [ˈwɪrt̪uːs̠]) was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus. |zol| kuz| yok| hnp| wyf| whw| lyo| mta| yaj| vil| ntp| oqf| eyd| jkw| mtv| jux| vcr| ose| rpn| wna| bpz| jbz| ctw| vzi| zeg| jul| twu| the| fzn| abn| ecq| lxs| znw| yrr| dww| afc| oyv| yse| prh| ezh| vqu| shx| mog| sch| chr| ktt| zjp| dkw| eoo| abh|