Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down
Don’t Let Others Get the Better of Us
2 min readMar 11, 2019
Illegitimi non carborundum
This is a great quote in fake latin that says “Don’t let the bastards get you down.”
It originated early in World War II in British Army Intelligence. The mock latin phrase was adopted by US Army General “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell as his motto during World War II.
Its another great way of saying, Let It Go. Don’t poison your own experience more than you have to.
You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.
