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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

Boethius

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
The good is the end toward which all things tend.
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End Goodness Philosophy
No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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Fortune Men Security
A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
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Character Nature Person
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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Excellence Himself Men
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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Bad Equality Goodness Men Thinking
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
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
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
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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Adversity Depression Happiness Misery
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
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Deep Evil God Goodness Philosophy
The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.
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Life Limitation Material Moments Perfection
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
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Glory Home Men Respect
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
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

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