The science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and other mysteries which there are in the properties of numbers. All sciences partake of it, and it has need of none.
BOETHIUS- Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
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Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
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The science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and other mysteries which there are in the properties of numbers. All sciences partake of it, and it has need of none.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
BOETHIUSAs far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.
BOETHIUSNothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.
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Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
BOETHIUSLove has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
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Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
BOETHIUSMan is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
BOETHIUSAs far as possible, join faith to reason.
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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
BOETHIUSIn every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
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He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
BOETHIUSHe who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
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In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man’s affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
BOETHIUSIn every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man’s affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
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Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don’t you agree?
BOETHIUSGood men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don’t you agree?
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For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
BOETHIUSFor in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
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Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top.
BOETHIUSInconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top.
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Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
BOETHIUSWho would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
BOETHIUSIf there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
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Love binds people too, in matrimony’s sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts.
BOETHIUSLove binds people too, in matrimony’s sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts.
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A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
BOETHIUSA person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
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