Who said ad astra per aspera?

Answer 1

There are three well known pieces of literature that uses the phrase 'ad Astra per aspera.' It was used in Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man.

Answer 2

It is actually two separate phrases. The first per aspera ad astra means: through difficulties to the stars. The second in hoc signo vinces means: In this sign you will conquer, and is the motto of the Knights Templars.

Answer 3

The Latin phrase 'Per aspera ad astra' also may be written as 'Ad astra per aspera'. Either way, the phrase means Through difficulties, to the stars; or To the stars through difficulties. In the word-by-word translation, the preposition 'per' means 'through'. The noun 'aspera' means 'difficulties'. The preposition 'ad' means 'to'. The noun 'astra' means 'stars'.

Answer 4

Per ardua ad astra - Through adversity to the stars

Answer 5

Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars".

Use Google my dear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_astra_(phrase)

Answer 6

It means, "To the Stars Through Difficulty"

"Ad Astra Per Aspera" is in Latin

Answer 7

"To the stars through hard work" - RAF motto

Answer 8

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