Boethius
Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born four years after Odoacer deposed the last Roman Emperor and declared himself King of Italy, and entered public service under Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great, who later imprisoned and executed him in 524 on charges of conspiracy to overthrow him. While jailed, Boethius composed his Consolation of Philosophy, a philosophical treatise on fortune, death, and other...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPhilosopher
fate destiny feet
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.
men knows
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
balance unhappy passing-away
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.
wisdom answers knows
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
men unhappy fortune
For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
depressing men feeling-alone
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
individuality substance rational
A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
stars heart order
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.
adversity men affliction
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
sadness thinking sad-life
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
love valentines-day law
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
positivity thinking hands
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.
music-is united ifs
Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.
thinking fame well-known
And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal famousness immortalized, The day will come that takes your fame as well, And there a second death for you awaits.