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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

Boethius

No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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Fortune Men Security
The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.
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Life Limitation Material Moments Perfection
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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Excellence Himself Men
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
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Alone Deep Heaven Man
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Glory Home Men Respect
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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Misery Sad Thinking 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
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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Knowledge Wisdom Yourself
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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Adversity Happiness Men Remember
The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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Forever Present Time
Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee!
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Eyes God Light Myself
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Law Love Wisdom
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
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Avoid Goodness Necessary
In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
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Adversity Happiness Kind Kindness Misfortune
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
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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