The Emperor has personified death. Death is imagined as something with a face, like that of a man perhaps, which can show expressions.
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Why is facing challenges important? Yes, sometimes if we hide from a challenge, it will pass us by, and we can come out of hiding none the worse for it. In my life, it almost never works that way. Again, if you get in the habit of running from the impossible challenges, what will you do when something lesser comes along?
If your first reaction is to hide, eventually taken to the extreme you will be afraid of your own shadow. I doubt you even know someone that adverse to challenges, but we all fall somewhere between the ideal of the quote and the scaredy-cat. We will all draw the line in a different place, depending on the situation and our ability and willingness to accept risk.
This is just a chance to think about it, and consider what you might change. Where can I apply this in my life?
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Have you ever had to dig deep to face a challenge where death was a possibility, and managed to face it, and come out alive? Car wrecks and a motorcycle down in rush hour on the freeway not me are but two of the times when not facing the challenge could have made things much worse for me and for others.
What situations tend to scare you, or cause you to be disinclined to face a challenge? Sometimes the chance that it is impossible scares people away.
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To many, these were absolutely impossible tasks, and they never faced the challenge. But once the Four Minute Mile was broken, many people saw it to be possible, and faced the challenge. A few even succeeded. The same thing happened with Manned Flight. Once it was proven, many others took up the challenge. Some made the highlight reel, others are seen only in the follies. But they faced the challenge. Raising kids is full of challenges.
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While there have been times when I needed a moment to collect myself, I always came back and faced the challenge. I also refuse to let a challenge get to me. I have jumped out of an airplane, just to face the challenge. We all have different strategies for dealing with challenges. What situations did you come up with which tend to cause you to hide from, rather than face, a challenge? Is there a pattern? Are there certain situations where you are less likely to face the challenge? Can you explain why?
Not to me, but to yourself?
Quote by Marcus Aurelius: “Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile ”
Can you put your finger on it? Was there a time when you faced it, and lost, and lost badly?
Did you lose something, or were you or someone else hurt physically, mentally, emotionally, etc? Are you more capable now? Could you handle the challenge better? Have you learned things, or improved your skills? Does it still make sense to not face this challenge? There are no absolutes, you will have to choose for yourself what you will face. But it is a choice. The question is will you pick one challenge and smile back, even if it is just a little grin? Why do you hunger for length of days? Latin Boards on this Forum: English to Latin , Latin to English translation , general Latin language , Latin grammar , Latine loquere , ancient and medieval world links.
Log in or Sign up. Death smiles upon us all, all a man can do is smile back By camba81 , in ' Latin Death Phrases ', May 21, I am trying to translate a phrase said by Marcus Aurelius a Roman Emperor from the second century. If he actually said that and wrote it down , you should be able to find the original probably Greek quote somewhere Bitmap , May 21, If it exists, it's most likely from his Meditations.
Matthaeus , May 21, I should have explained further.
The phrase is written in one of the books of The Meditations which were written in greek originally although some scholars though it may have been written in latin like his other writings. He wrote it during his military campaigns while he was Emperor during the second century. They said they can find me a just latin version but unfortunately that would do me little good since I don't speak latin. The reason I would like to see this phrase in Latin is because I would like to use it as my epitaph.
I am from south america originally so i relate to Latin more so than the Greek language. I speak Spanish fluently and am learning portuguese now but I am a couple of years away from attempting Latin. Aurelius quotations which mention their sources, too: I could be wrong, but the idiom doesn't sound particularly Latin or Greek to me.