Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
VirgilRead
Is there any pleasure in anger? Yes, if the fire of my anger appeases the ashes of my friends.
Interpretation
Anger can have a purpose if it helps address issues among friends.
In this quote, Virgil suggests that anger, while often viewed negatively, can serve a constructive purpose within the context of friendship. The idea is that the energy of one's anger can be harnessed to resolve conflicts, protect loved ones, or bring about change, thus transforming a potentially destructive emotion into a force for good.
In practice
Using this quote in a discussion about conflict resolution in friendships.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.
I don't want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.
Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and as I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary," to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares. And now I come to the root of the matter, the reason for my starting a diary: it is that I have no such real friend.
Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live in great amity with me, and friendship of each other.
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