Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it – even if we so desired.
BOETHIUSEvery man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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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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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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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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Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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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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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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In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.
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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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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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No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
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He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate … can look fortune in the face.
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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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Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
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