An idea from The Consolation of Philosophy

Between the arguments Philosophy sings. One song asks what keeps the seasons turning and the sea inside its shore. Its answer is “Love it is that holds the chains,” and the same love, it says, holds friends, marriages, and nations together.

From The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

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