The Consolation of Philosophy
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Melioribus animum conformaveris, nihil opus est judice præmium deferente, tu te ipse excellentioribus addidisti; studium ad pejora deflexeris, extra ne quæsieris ultorem, tu te ipse in deteriora trusisti.…
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- AuthorBoethius
- SourceProject Gutenberg #14328
- Length41,983 words · 2h 48m of reading
- Chapters1
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
1 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Translated into English Prose and Verse
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