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The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into cofusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.

Dante Alighieri

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Dante Alighieri
Age: 56 †
Born: 1265
Born: June 6
Died: 1321
Died: September 22
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