--- title: "4 Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Quotes" description: "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philos..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_fortune_if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and_894348.jpg" --- # Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius **4** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, ## Quotes by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius > [“If I have fully diagnosed the cause and nature of your condition, you are wasting away in pining and longing for your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and-nature-of-your-condition-you/) Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius [Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fortune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_fortune_if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and_894348.jpg) > [“Your mind is likewise blocked. But the right road awaits you still. Cast out your doubts, your fears and your desires, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/your-mind-is-likewise-blocked-but-the-right-road-awaits-you-still/) Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius [Grief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_grief_your-mind-is-likewise-blocked-but-the-ri_902185.jpg) > [“Men who give up the common goal of all things that exist, thereby cease to exist themselves. Some may perhaps think it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/men-who-give-up-the-common-goal-of-all-things-that-exist-thereby/) Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius [Cease to exist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cease-to-exist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_cease-to-exist_men-who-give-up-the-common-goal-of-all-t_1513006.jpg) > [“Human perversity, then, makes divisions of that which by nature is one and simple, and in attempting to obtain part of something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/human-perversity-then-makes-divisions-of-that-which-by-nature-is-one/) Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/642/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_nature_human-perversity-then-makes-divisions-of_3216664.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/#itemlist", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If I have fully diagnosed the cause and nature of your condition, you are wasting away in pining and longing for your former good fortune. It is the loss of this which, as your imagination works upon you, has so corrupted your mind. I know the many disguises of that monster, Fortune, and the extent to which she seduces with friendship the very people she is striving to cheat, until she overwhelms them with unbearable grief at the suddenness of her desertion”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and-nature-of-your-condition-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_fortune_if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and_894348.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_fortune_if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and_894348.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_fortune_if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and_894348.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I have fully diagnosed the cause and nature of your condition, you are wasting away in pining and longing…” — Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Your mind is likewise blocked. But the right road awaits you still. Cast out your doubts, your fears and your desires, let go of grief and of hope as well, for where these rule the mind is their subject.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/your-mind-is-likewise-blocked-but-the-right-road-awaits-you-still/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_grief_your-mind-is-likewise-blocked-but-the-ri_902185.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_grief_your-mind-is-likewise-blocked-but-the-ri_902185.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_grief_your-mind-is-likewise-blocked-but-the-ri_902185.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Your mind is likewise blocked. But the right road awaits you still. Cast out your doubts, your fears and…” — Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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; but that is how it is. I am not trying to deny the wickedness of the wicked; what I do deny is that their existence is absolute and complete existence. Just as you might call a corpse a dead man, but couldn't simply call it a man, so I would agree that the wicked are wicked, but could not agree that they have unqualified existence.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/men-who-give-up-the-common-goal-of-all-things-that-exist-thereby/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_cease-to-exist_men-who-give-up-the-common-goal-of-all-t_1513006.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_cease-to-exist_men-who-give-up-the-common-goal-of-all-t_1513006.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_cease-to-exist_men-who-give-up-the-common-goal-of-all-t_1513006.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men who give up the common goal of all things that exist, thereby cease to exist themselves. Some may…” — Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Human perversity, then, makes divisions of that which by nature is one and simple, and in attempting to obtain part of something which has no parts, succeeds in getting neither the part- which is nothing- nor the whole, which they are not interested in.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/human-perversity-then-makes-divisions-of-that-which-by-nature-is-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/642/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_nature_human-perversity-then-makes-divisions-of_3216664.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/642/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_nature_human-perversity-then-makes-divisions-of_3216664.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/642/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_nature_human-perversity-then-makes-divisions-of_3216664.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Human perversity, then, makes divisions of that which by nature is one and simple, and in attempting to…” — Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/#person", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/", "description": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement," }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/", "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/anicius-manlius-severinus-boet_fortune_if-i-have-fully-diagnosed-the-cause-and_894348.jpg" }, "description": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philos...", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Authors", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anicius-manlius-severinus-boethius/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```