Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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?
More Boethius Quotes
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Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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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.
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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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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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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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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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The good is the end toward which all things tend.
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Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!
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Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.
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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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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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