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:b : a [[Adversity|difficulty]] or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of [[action]] and usually beyond one's [[control]] | :b : a [[Adversity|difficulty]] or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of [[action]] and usually beyond one's [[control]] | ||
:c : alternating [[change]] | :c : alternating [[change]] | ||
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| + | [[Happy]] the man who can [[endure]] the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such ''vicissitudes'' with [[equanimity]], has deprived misfortune of its [[power]] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca Seneca] | ||
[[Category: General Reference]] | [[Category: General Reference]] | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 10 March 2012
Etymology
Middle French, from Latin vicissitudo, from vicissim in turn, from vicis change, alternation
- Date: circa 1576
Definitions
- b : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs
- 2 a : a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition <the vicissitudes of daily life>
- b : a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control
- c : alternating change
Quote
Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power - Seneca
