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Who hath so entire happiness that he is not in some part offended with the condition of his estate?

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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

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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.

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Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself.

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Born: 480
Died: 524 (aged 44)
Bio: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century.
Known for:
  1. The Consolation of Philosophy
  2. The theological tractates
  3. Boethian number theory
  4. On Fate
  5. Fortune's prisoner
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