"Per aspera as astra" - "Per aspera ad astra or Per aspera sic itur ad astra is a Latin phrase, often used as a motto or incitement, which literally means: "through the asperities to the stars". It is a relatively recent sentence in this form, although similar sentences can be found in the classics: Virgil (Aeneid IX, 641); Lucio Anneo Seneca, who wrote in the work Hercules furens: "non est ad astra mollis e terris via" ('there is no simple way from the earth to the stars')

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