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What's Fortune got to say for herself?
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What's Fortune got to say for herself?

From The Consolation of Philosophy

I thought it might do well to read this week a few short sections from Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, now that I’ve mentioned that great man — and I may say that if it were not for him, I have no idea where I’d be right now. This is a book that changed my life. Lady Philosophy here is talking about Fortune, or speaking as if to impersonate that …

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