Pedro Alves da Veiga
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Perfer et obdura – dolor hic tibi proderit olim

Be patient and tough – one day this pain will be useful to you.

100 × 100 cmDigital collage printed on canvas
Principium: Perfer et obdura – dolor hic tibi proderit olim
Principium100 × 100 cm

A piece in the Principium series.

Be patient and tough - one day this pain will be useful to you.

I have had a lot to endure, and I've endured a great deal too long. I have lost my patience with you. My heart is tired out. Away with you, base Love! My slavery is over; I have escaped my fetters, and what I bore without shame, it now shames me to have borne at all. I've won the day; Love is vanquished. I trample it beneath my feet. True, I've been a long time plucking up courage. Fight on, my soul, and faint not. It is a wrench, indeed, but some day you'll be glad you bore this present pain. A bitter potion has oftentimes brought succour to the sick.

bodyclipart
corona-borealis

Other relevant information

Source materials
  • MottoOvid, Amores, III, 11
  • BrockhausSystematischer Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1844), unsigned illustration
  • Johannes HeveliusUranographia (1690), Corona Borealis constellation

Publications

Series catalogue
Artist's book · Blurb

Veiga, P. A. (2016). Principium. Blurb. https://www.blurb.com/b/7519490-principium

Cite this work

APA 7

Veiga, P. A. (2014). Perfer et obdura – dolor hic tibi proderit olim [Digital collage printed on canvas, 100 × 100 cm, Principium series]. https://pedroveiga.com/perfer-et-obdura-dolor-hic-tibi-proderit-olim/