Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
HoraceRead
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
Interpretation
Stay calm and balanced during difficult times.
This quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining a steady and composed mindset when facing challenges or hardships in life. It encourages an attitude of tranquility, suggesting that keeping your focus and mental clarity can help you navigate the steep and difficult paths that life can present.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles, this quote can inspire listeners to stay calm in tough situations.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, _x000D_ but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, _x000D_ to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, _x000D_ and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
So, thatβs what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. Thatβs what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me.
Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.
The million little things that drop into your hands, The small opportunities each day brings, He leaves us free to use or abuse, And goes unchanging along His silent way
Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.
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