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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
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“Qui cecidit, stabili non erat ille gradu.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quae ubi poeticas Musas uidit nostro assistentes toro fletibusque meis uerba dictantes, commota paulisper ac toruis inflammata luminibus: Quis, inquit, has scenicas meretriculas ad hunc aegrum permisit accedere, quae dolores eius non modo nullis remediis fouerent, uerum dulcibus insuper alerent uenenis? Hae sunt enim quae infructuosis affectuum spinis uberem fructibus rationis segetem necant hominumque mentes assuefaciunt morbo, non liberant.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si operam medicantis exspectas, oportet vulnus detegas.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unde haud iniuria tuorum quidam familiarium quaesiuit: 'si quidem deus', inquit, 'est, unde mala? Bona uero unde, si non est?”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii fuisse felicem.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quis est enim tam compositae felicitatis ut non aliqua ex parte cum status sui qualitate rixetur?”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Adeo nihil est miserum nisi cum putes, contraque beata sors omnis est aequanimitate tolerantis.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quodsi putatis longius vitam trahi mortalis aura nominis, cum sera vobis rapiet hoc etiam dies iam vos secunda mors manet.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O felix hominum genus, si uestros animos amor quo caelum regitur regat!”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Qui serere ingenuum uolet agrum liberat arua prius fruticibus, falce rubos filicemque resecat, ut noua fruge grauis Ceres eat.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tu quoque falsa tuens bona prius incipe colla iugo retrahere: Vera dehinc animum subierint.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quis legem det amantibus? Maior lex amor est sibi.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Videsne igitur quanto in caeno probra volvantur, qua probitas luce resplendeat? In quo perspicuum est numquam bonis praemia, numquam sua sceleribus deesse supplicia.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam si uti corporum languor ita vitiositas quidam est quasi morbus animorum, cum aegros corpore minime dignos odio sed potius miseratione iudicemus, multo magis non insequendi sed miserandi sunt quorum mentes omni languore atrocior urguet improbitas.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vis aptam meritis uicem referre: Dilige iure bonos et miseresce malis.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Video, inquam, quae sit vel felicitas vel miseria in ipsis proborum atque improborum meritis constituta.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quis enim cohercente in ordinem cuncta deo locus esse ullus temeritati reliquus potest?”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sic quae permissis fluitare videtur habenis Fors patitur frenos ipsaque lege meat.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For when every judgement is the act of hym that judgeth, it behoveth that every man performe hys worke and purpose, not by any forayne or straunge power or facultie, but by his owne proper power, and strength.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tr. George Colville (1556); source
“Music is associated not only with speculation but with morality. When rhythms and modes reach an intellect through the ear, they doubtless affect and reshape that mind according to their particular character.”
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524) said by 524 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Christopher Callahan (October 2000), Music in Medieval Medical Practice: Speculations and Certainties