“ If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy Boethius
“ You have the chief spark of your health's fire, for you have true knowledge of the hand that guides the universe. Boethius
“ Among wise men there is no place at all left for hatred. For no one except the greatest of fools would hate good men. And there is no reason at all for hating the bad. For just as weakness is a diseas… Boethius
“ And further, God should not be regarded as older than His creations by any period of time, but rather by the peculiar property of His own single nature. For the infinite changing of temporal things tr… Boethius
“ Indeed, the condition of human nature is just this; man towers above the rest of creation so long as he realizes his own nature, and when he forgets it, he sinks lower than the beasts. For other livin… Boethius
“ And so sovereign Providence has often produced a remarkable effect--evil men making other evil men good. For some, when they think they suffer injustice at the hands of the worst of men, burn with hat… Boethius
“ He is in no real danger. He merely suffers from a lethargy, a sickness that is common among the depressed. He has forgotten who he really is, but he will recover, for he used to know me, and all I hav… Boethius
“ So dry your tears. Fortune has not yet turned her hatred against all your blessings. The storm has not yet broken upon you with too much violence. Your anchors are holding firm and they permit you bot… Boethius
“ Men who give up the common goal of all things that exist, thereby cease to exist themselves. Some may perhaps think it strange that we say that wicked men, who form the majority of men, do not exist;… Boethius
“ Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it. Boethius
