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

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


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



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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?

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



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

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



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

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



Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top



Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.



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

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.

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



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 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.





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People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything.

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Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.

Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.



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One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.



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