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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

Boethius

The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.
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Life Limitation Material Moments Perfection
Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.
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Happiness Himself Misery Place Satisfaction
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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Bad Death Destiny Fate Goodness Life Proud
Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
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Beginning Born Friendship Human Intellectual Kind Love Suffering
No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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Fortune Men Security
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
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Glory Home Men Respect
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
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Attitude Music Ourselves
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
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Goodness Happiness Virtue Wisdom Wise
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
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
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
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Establishment Happiness Life
The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.
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Forever Present Time
All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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Discipline Fortune Goodness Punishment Reward

In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

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