Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
VirgilRead
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the universality of human suffering and calamity across the world.
Virgil's quote ponders the idea that suffering and calamity are not confined to any specific region of the Earth; rather, they are a common experience shared by humanity. This highlights the interconnectedness of human experience, suggesting that pain and misfortune are universal, reminding us of our collective vulnerabilities and the larger human condition.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech addressing global human rights issues.
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.
How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into the sea from their cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany, some losing their lives. Imagine a world of accelerating natural disasters, one after the other so that nobody can help anyone else.
Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.
This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly and the right of association, it often makes all other rights meaningful-knowing, studying, arguing, exploring, conversing, observing and even thinking. Once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer, just as when curfew or home detention is placed on a person.
Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.
God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.
I'm not much but I'm all I have.
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