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But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars

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