Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
BOETHIUSGive me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!
More Boethius Quotes
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
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As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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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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One’s virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
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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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He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
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No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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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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If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
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The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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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
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