Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
BOETHIUSAs far as possible, join faith to reason.
More Boethius Quotes
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If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
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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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He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
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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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Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
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The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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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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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.
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A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
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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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One’s virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
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Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
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