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Nec speres aliquid nec extimescas, exarmaueris impotentis iram; at quisquis trepidus pauet uel optat, quod non sit stabilis suique iuris, abiecit clipeum locoque motus nectit qua ualeat trahi catenam.

More from Ancius Boethius

  1. Virtue is its own reward.
  2. In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
  3. Who hath so entire happiness that he is not in some part offended with the condition of his estate?
  4. Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.
  5. From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend - Path, motive, guide, original and end.
  6. Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself.

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