Quote by Dante Alighieri

““Come, quando i vapori umidi e spessi A diradar cominciansi, la spera Del sol debilemente entra per essi....””

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In that part of the book of my memory before the which is little that can be read, there is a rubric, saying, Incipit…

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“Be as a tower, that, firmly set, Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”

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Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

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Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.

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O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you…

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Love can move the Sun and the stars.

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Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground.

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“On march the banners of the King of Hell.”

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Seldom indeed does human virtue rise From trunk to branch.

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All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

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