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I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath
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 sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.
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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
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My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates.
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Three sparks - pride, envy, and avarice - have been kindled in all hearts.
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You can stay and die or you can walk your ugly ass back through that gate. It's your call, pal.
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