# De consolatione philosophiae 3.M4

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae, Book 3. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/boethius/de-consolatione-philosophiae/3.M4

Quamuis se Tyrio superbus ostro
Comeret et niueis lapillis,
Inuisus tamen omnibus uigebat
Luxuriae Nero saeuientis.
Sed quondam dabat improbus uerendis
Patribus indecores curules.
Quis illos igitur putet beatos
Quos miseri tribuunt honores?

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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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