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“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 living things to be ignorant of themselves, is natural; but for man it is a defect.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“And there is no reason at all for hating the bad. For just as weakness is a disease of the body, so wickedness is a disease of the mind.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“There is no danger: he is suffering from drowsiness, that disease which attacks so many minds which have been deceived.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
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