"forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit" virgil, the aeneid
loosely translated: perhaps one day it will please us to look back on these things.
translated in more scholarly fashion: a joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this.
to further quote the scholar: " it is about loss, about overcoming the worst, but the word 'perhaps' is important. it may not be a joy to remember. it may be a bloody misery." fagles
[with thanks to dick dupont]
I hope with all my heart that it is pleasure. That the questions will be answered. That the struggles will be resolved. That peace will rein.
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