Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
HoraceRead
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Hard work is essential for achieving anything worthwhile in life.
Horace's quote underscores the importance of effort and dedication in attaining our goals. It suggests that life does not easily provide us with successes or rewards; instead, we must actively engage in hard work to earn them. This perspective encourages a proactive approach to life, where individuals take responsibility for their achievements through perseverance and commitment.
Themes
Hard WorkEffortSuccessDedicationAchievement
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire students to put in more effort into their studies.
More from Horace
All quotes βNow is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
HoraceRead
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.
HoraceRead
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
HoraceRead
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.
HoraceRead
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.
HoraceRead
Similar quotes
You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.
Philip RothRead
If we are ever going to develop an ability to hear from God and be led by His Spirit, we have to start making our own decisions and trust the wisdom God has deposited in our own heart.
Joyce MeyerRead
And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.
Paulo CoelhoRead
There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than in joining the multitudinous retinue, and mingling our shouts with theirs, when victorious error celebrates its triumphs.
Horace MannRead
A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once.
Apollonius Of TyanaRead
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
VoltaireRead