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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

Boethius

As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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Knowledge Wisdom Yourself
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?
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Achievement Evil God Goodness Men Nature Seek Virtue
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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Misery Sad Thinking Yourself
The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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Forever Present Time
Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.
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Happiness Himself Misery Place Satisfaction
In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
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Adversity Happiness Kind Kindness Misfortune
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man’s affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
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Adversity Happiness Men Remember
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Glory Home Men Respect
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
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Avoid Goodness Necessary
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.
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Bad Death Destiny Fate Goodness Life Proud
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Law Love Wisdom
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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Adversity Depression Happiness Misery
You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well. Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart. Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Face Fun Heart Joy Law Love Prince Smile Togetherness Wisdom
The good is the end toward which all things tend.
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End Goodness Philosophy
In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.
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Confidence Ignorance Men Nature Vice

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