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So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

Boethius

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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Adversity Depression Happiness Misery
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Glory Home Men Respect
Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
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Establishment Happiness Life
Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.
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Gratitude Heaven Stability Worth
The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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Forever Present Time
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
And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal famousness immortalized, The day will come that takes your fame as well, And there a second death for you awaits.
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Death Fame Life Mortal Thinking Wait Yourself
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
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Attitude Music Ourselves
For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
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Fortune Happiness Oneself
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
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Goodness Happiness Virtue Wisdom Wise
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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Knowledge Wisdom Yourself
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Law Love Wisdom
Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
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A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
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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.
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Friendship Heart Kind Love Man People Rule Stars

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

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So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

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