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He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Boethius

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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Misery Sad Thinking Yourself
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
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
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Excellence Himself Men
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
The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.
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Life Limitation Material Moments Perfection
As far as possible, join faith to reason.
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Faith Possible Reason
Whose souls, albeit in a cloudy memory, yet seek back their good, but, like drunk men, know not the road home.
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Drink Goodness Home Man Memories Road Seek Soul
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
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
The good is the end toward which all things tend.
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End Goodness Philosophy
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
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Glory Home Men Respect
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
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Deep Evil God Goodness Philosophy
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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Adversity Depression Happiness Misery
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
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Deep Law Love Wisdom
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

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