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?
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.
- Boethius
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.
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.
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.
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so. - Boethius
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
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.
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?
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