One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune. (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius)

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

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