No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune. Boethius More Quotes by Boethius More Quotes From Boethius I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it. Boethius illumination wisdom answers He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face. Boethius fate acceptance looks ...Whose souls, albeit in a cloudy memory, yet seek back their good, but, like drunk men, know not the road home. Boethius home men memories In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice. Boethius confidence ignorance men Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so. Boethius nothing think you miserable