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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Boethius

I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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Knowledge Wisdom Yourself
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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Excellence Himself Men
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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Misery Sad Thinking Yourself
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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Happiness Misery Positive Stress Thinking
The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.
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Life Limitation Material Moments Perfection
Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!
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Eyes God Light Myself
The good is the end toward which all things tend.
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End Goodness Philosophy
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
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
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Alone Deep Heaven Man
All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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Discipline Fortune Goodness Punishment Reward
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Law Love Wisdom
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
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate … can look fortune in the face.
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Acceptance Face Fate Fortune Himself Life
A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
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Character Nature Person
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

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

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