But if you think that life can be prolonged by the breath o… - Boethius

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But if you think that life can be prolonged by the breath of mortal fame, yet when the slow time robs you of this too, then there awaits you but a second death.

Boethius

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Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480–524 CE) was a Roman Christian philosopher, poet, and politician.

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Native Name: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius • Boetius

Alternative Names: Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius

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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.

Videsne igitur quanto in caeno probra volvantur, qua probitas luce resplendeat? In quo perspicuum est numquam bonis praemia, numquam sua sceleribus deesse supplicia.

Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii fuisse felicem.

But if you think that life can be prolonged by the breath of mortal fame, yet when the slow time robs you of this too, then there awaits you but a se… - Boethius

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