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

Boethius

As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Law Love Wisdom
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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Excellence Himself Men
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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Knowledge Wisdom Yourself
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
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Alone Deep Heaven Man
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
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
Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it – even if we so desired.
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Freedom Music Nature Unity
And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal famousness immortalized, The day will come that takes your fame as well, And there a second death for you awaits.
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Death Fame Life Mortal Thinking Wait Yourself
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
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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Greatness Mathematics Mystery Necessary Need Science
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.
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Deep Face Fun Heart Joy Law Love Prince Smile Togetherness Wisdom
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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Fortune Happiness Oneself
The good is the end toward which all things tend.
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End Goodness Philosophy
Love binds people too, in matrimony’s sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship. How happy is mankind, if the love that orders the stars above rules, too, in your hearts.
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Friendship Heart Kind Love Man People Rule Stars
Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don’t you agree?
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Achievement Evil God Goodness Men Nature Seek Virtue

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

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