We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
OvidRead
Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on humanity's aspiration and connection to their origins or heritage.
In this quote, Ovid suggests that people naturally look upwards, symbolizing hope and ambition, while simultaneously acknowledging their roots and lineage. The 'hereditary skies' imply that our dreams and aspirations are deeply intertwined with the histories and legacies passed down through generations, encouraging us to strive for greatness while recognizing the influence of our ancestors.
In practice
This quote can be used in a graduation speech to inspire students to look towards their future while honoring their background.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
Fas est ab hoste doceri._x000D_ One should learn even from one's enemies.
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
The end doesn't justify the means.
The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You can talk about 'social justice' all you want. But what death taxes boil down to is letting politicians take money from widows and orphans to pay for goodies that they will hand out to others, in order to buy votes to get re-elected. That is not social justice or any other kind of justice.
So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges, even the army - then you know what a dictatorship depends on for its existence.
I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that Iβm going to take a great many unconscious, but present, patriarchal complicities to the grave because it so deeply ensconced in how I look at the world. Therefore, very much like alcoholism, drug addiction, or racism patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it.
The nationalism I seek is one that decolonizes the brown and female body as it decolonizes the brown and female earth
Where does the ego get its energy? The ego feeds off your desire to be something else. You are poor and you want to be rich - the ego is absorbing energy, its life-breath. You are ignorant and you want to become a wise one - the ego is absorbing energy. You are a wretched nobody and you want to become powerful - the ego is absorbing energy.
Granny Weatherwaz was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least, not if he wanted to wake up in the morning the same shape as he went to bed.
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