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Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible.
Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri
Age: 56 †
Born: 1265
Born: June 6
Died: 1321
Died: September 22
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Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
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I love to doubt as well as know.
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No one thinks of how much blood it costs.
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