Quicquid Venus imperat Labor est suavis, que nunquam in cordibus habitat ignavis.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love makes labor sweet, and it does not dwell in cowardly hearts.
- In plain terms
- Work feels easy when driven by love, and love does not stay with the lazy or fearful.
- What can you take from it?
- Passion transforms effort into something enjoyable and is absent in the timid.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What work feels sweet to you?
- Where does fear stop you?
Another view
It romanticizes labor and dismisses those who struggle without love.
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