Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
BOETHIUSNothing is miserable unless you think it so.
BOETHIUSAll fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
BOETHIUSMan is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
BOETHIUSIn every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
BOETHIUSFor in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
BOETHIUSIn other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.
BOETHIUSEvery man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
BOETHIUSIn every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man’s affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
BOETHIUSNothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.
BOETHIUSWho would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
BOETHIUSIf there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
BOETHIUSAs far as possible, join faith to reason.
BOETHIUSIf there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
BOETHIUSMusic is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
BOETHIUSAs far as possible, join faith to reason.
BOETHIUSThe now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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