" Ah! then why burns man's restless mind
Truth's hidden portals to unclose?
Knows he already what he seeks?
Why toil to seek it, if he knows?
Yet, haply if he knoweth not,
Why blindly seek he knows not what? [Q]
Who for a good he knows not sighs?
Who can an unknown end pursue?
How find? How e'en when haply found
Hail that strange form he never knew?
Or is it that man's inmost soul
Once knew each part and knew the whole? "
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![Boethius quote : Ah! then why burns man's restless mind<br />Truth's hidden portals to unclose?<br />Knows he already what he seeks?<br />Why toil to seek it, if he knows?<br />Yet, haply if he knoweth not,<br />Why blindly seek he knows not what? [Q] <br /> Who for a good he knows not sighs?<br />Who can an unknown end pursue?<br />How find? How e'en when haply found<br />Hail that strange form he never knew?<br />Or is it that man's inmost soul<br />Once knew each part and knew the whole?](/image/2266676.jpg)