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?
BOETHIUSThe good is the end toward which all things tend.
More Boethius Quotes
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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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I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
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A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
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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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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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He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
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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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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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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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Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it – even if we so desired.
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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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