Who fain would sow the fallow field, And see the growing corn, Must first remove the useless weeds, The bramble and the thorn.


Poem I, lines 1-4; translation by H. R. James - The Consolation of Philosophy · De Consolatione Philosophiae - Book III

Boethius Quotes

Who fain would sow the fallow field, And see the growing corn, Must first remove the useless weeds, The bramble and the thorn.

Who fain would sow the fallow field, And see the growing corn, Must first remove the useless weeds, The bramble and the thorn.

Who fain would sow the fallow field, And see the growing corn, Must first remove the useless weeds, The bramble and the thorn.

Who fain would sow the fallow field, And see the growing corn, Must first remove the useless weeds, The bramble and the thorn.