scoria

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scōrĭa: ae, f., = σκωρία,>
I dross, slag, scoria of metals, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 33, 6, 35, § 105; 34, 11, 24, § 107; 34, 18, 51, § 171; Pall. 1, 41, 3; Vulg. Isa. 1, 22.