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
men knows
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
wisdom answers knows
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
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.
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.
kindness adversity unhappy
In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
sadness thinking sad-life
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.
essence tragedy passing-away
It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.
good-luck men thinking
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.
adversity men affliction
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.