Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content. (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius)

Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

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