Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
HoraceRead
They change their skies, _x000D_ but not their souls _x000D_ who run across the sea.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that superficial changes do not alter one's true essence or character.
Horace implies that those who seek new experiences or environments, such as traveling across the sea, often do so hoping to escape their problems or change their lives. However, the core aspects of their identity and fundamental traits remain the same, indicating that true change must come from within rather than from external circumstances or locations.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-discovery and growth.
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.
We, Equality 7-2521, were not happy in those year in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked at us.
I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself.
The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.
The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society.
The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling.
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