He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
BOETHIUSFor in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.
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Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it – even if we so desired.
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Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
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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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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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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.
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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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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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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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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 souls, albeit in a cloudy memory, yet seek back their good, but, like drunk men, know not the road home.
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As 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.
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