black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

Boethius

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
BOETHIUS

Fortune Happiness Oneself
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
BOETHIUS

Alone Deep Heaven Man
Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!
BOETHIUS

Eyes God Light Myself
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man’s affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
BOETHIUS

Adversity Happiness Men Remember
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.
BOETHIUS

Bad Death Destiny Fate Goodness Life Proud
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
BOETHIUS

Misery Sad Thinking Yourself
In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.
BOETHIUS

Confidence Ignorance Men Nature Vice
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate … can look fortune in the face.
BOETHIUS

Acceptance Face Fate Fortune Himself Life
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.
BOETHIUS

Deep Face Fun Heart Joy Law Love Prince Smile Togetherness Wisdom
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
BOETHIUS

Faith Possible Reason
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
BOETHIUS

Avoid Goodness Necessary
Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
BOETHIUS

Beginning Born Friendship Human Intellectual Kind Love Suffering
In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
BOETHIUS

Adversity Happiness Kind Kindness Misfortune
Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it – even if we so desired.
BOETHIUS

Freedom Music Nature Unity
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
BOETHIUS

Glory Home Men Respect
One’s virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
BOETHIUS

Fortune Money Oneself True Virtue

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Boethius Quotes