Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects the journey of life and the pursuit of deeper understanding beyond mortality.
Horace's quote addresses the idea that most people struggle with the fleeting nature of life, often caught up in the mundane and never contemplating the deeper truths that exist beyond physical existence. However, those who strive to understand the deeper laws of life and follow them can transcend the ordinary experience and grasp a sense of eternal existence that surpasses the fear of death.
Themes
LifeDeathUnderstandingLawJourney
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about pursuing a meaningful life.
More from Horace
All quotes →Now 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
Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
HoraceRead
Similar quotes
The problem with people who are afraid of imagination, of fantasy, is that their world becomes so narrow that I don't see how they can imagine beyond what their senses can verify. We know from science that there are entire worlds that our senses can't verify.
Katherine PatersonRead
I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.
Jonathan SwiftRead
You need seek God neither below or above.He is no farther away than the door of the heart.
Meister EckhartRead
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
Thomas JeffersonRead
To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.
LaoziRead
If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner.
Malcolm MuggeridgeRead