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Boethius Quotes By Edward Gibbon: Boethius might have been styled happy, if that

Boethius might have been styled happy, if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of man. — Edward Gibbon

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: We cannot raise the question: How can there

We cannot raise the question: How can there be evil if God exists? without raising the second: How can there be good if He exists not? — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: I scarcely know the meaning of your question;

I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: He who is virtuous is wise; and he

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

Boethius Quotes By Robert Galbraith: For in every ill-turn of fortune the most

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy. Boethius, De — Robert Galbraith

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: One's virtue is all that one truly has,

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: If there is anything good about nobility it

If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: He who has calmly reconciled his life to

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Who would give a law to lovers? Love

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: There is no danger: he is suffering from

There is no danger: he is suffering from drowsiness, that disease which attacks so many minds which have been deceived. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: You have the chief spark of your health's

You have the chief spark of your health's fire, for you have true knowledge of the hand that guides the universe. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: If there is a God, whence proceed so

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good? — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens,

Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: No man is rich who shakes and groansConvinced

No man is rich who shakes and groans
Convinced that he needs more. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Nothing is miserable unless you think it so;

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited

The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of
unlimited life at a single moment. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Music is part of us, and either ennobles

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering,

Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves

In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Nothing is miserable but what is thought so,

Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: And it is because you don't know the

And it is because you don't know the end and purpose of things that you think the wicked and the criminal have power and happiness. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: For in all adversity of fortune the worst

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Every man must be content with that glory

Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: As far as possible, join faith to reason.

As far as possible, join faith to reason. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Music is so naturally united with us that

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: A man content to go to heaven alone

A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Umberto Eco: Boethius says, nothing is more fleeting than external

Boethius says, nothing is more fleeting than external form, which withers and alters like the flowers of the field at the appearance of autumn; — Umberto Eco

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: The greatest misery in adverse fortune is once

The greatest misery in adverse fortune is once to have been happy. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Nunc fluens facit tempus,nunc stans facit aeternitatum.(The now

Nunc fluens facit tempus,
nunc stans facit aeternitatum.
(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.) — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: So nothing is ever good or bad unless

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: In other living creatures ignorance of self is

In other living creatures ignorance of self is nature; in man it is vice. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: The good is the end toward which all

The good is the end toward which all things tend. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: A person is an individual substance of a

A person is an individual substance of a rational nature. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Whose souls, albeit in a cloudy memory, yet

Whose souls, albeit in a cloudy memory, yet seek back their good, but, like drunk men, know not the road home. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes

Give me Thy light, and fix my eyes on Thee! — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: All fortune is good fortune; for it either

All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy. — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Whose happiness is so firmly established that he

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life? — Boethius

Boethius Quotes By Boethius: Man is so constituted that he then only

Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself. — Boethius