Lexicon:Suave mare magno
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| - | <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;"><nowiki>[</nowiki>it is<nowiki>]</nowiki> pleasant <nowiki>[</nowiki>to watch<nowiki>]</nowiki> in a great sea<br>Full quote: ''Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem'', 'It is pleasant to watch from the land the great struggle of another | + | <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;"><nowiki>[</nowiki>it is<nowiki>]</nowiki> pleasant <nowiki>[</nowiki>to watch<nowiki>]</nowiki> in a great sea<br>Full quote: ''Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem'', 'It is pleasant, when the winds are buffeting the waves on the great sea, to watch from the land the great struggle of another...'</td> |
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| Citation: | suave mare magno |
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| Language: | Latin |
| References: | The Ionian Mission, page 132 |
| Meaning: | [it is] pleasant [to watch] in a great sea Full quote: Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem, 'It is pleasant, when the winds are buffeting the waves on the great sea, to watch from the land the great struggle of another...' |
Notes:
Lucretius De Rerum Natura II.1-2. The sentiment is not an expression of delight in the suffering of others, but a comparison of those secure in the truth of philosophy to those who are not.
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