“Amid the friendly silence of the peaceful moon.”
Tacitae per amica silentia lunae.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book II, Line 255 (tr. Fairclough)
“Go Placidly, Amid the noise and Haste & Remember what peace there may be in silence…”
Source: Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
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