"For in all adversity of fortune the worst……" — Boethius

"For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy."

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36 Quotes by Boethius

Boethius has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content…
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in…
I who once wrote songs with keen delight am now by sorrow driven to take up melancholy measures. Wounded Muses…
Love binds people too, in matrimony's sacred bonds where chaste lovers are met, and friends cement their trust and friendship.…
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge…
Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not…
One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.

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More Adversity Quotes

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — Arthur Ashe
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can… — Ibrahim Babangida
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

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