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Often a retrospect delights the mind.
Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri
Age: 56 †
Born: 1265
Born: June 6
Died: 1321
Died: September 22
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There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.
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All hope abandon, ye who enter here!
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A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
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Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.
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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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O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore!
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