# De consolatione philosophiae 3.M3

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae, Book 3. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/boethius/de-consolatione-philosophiae/3.M3

Quamuis fluente diues auri gurgite
Non expleturas cogat auarus opes
Oneretque bacis colla rubri litoris
Ruraque centeno scindat opima boue,
Nec cura mordax deseret superstitem,
Defunctumque leues non comitantur opes.

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Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae, ed. H. F. Stewart, E. K. Rand. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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