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.
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy. - Boethius
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
- Boethius
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven. - Boethius
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so. - Boethius
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just. - Boethius
All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune. - Boethius
One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy. - Boethius
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good? - Boethius
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin. - Boethius
Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired. - Boethius
Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.
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