Dante Alighieri · Inferno
Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.Consider ye the seed from which ye sprang; Ye were not made to live like unto brutes, But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge.’
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Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides.Dante Alighieri · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 158
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The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it displays its eternal beauties, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth alone.Dante Alighieri · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 48
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdonaLove, that exempts no one beloved from loving,
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPoca favilla gran fiamma secondaA little spark is followed by great flame;
Translation in the cited editionDante Alighieri · Paradiso
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