Dante!
Quotes from Dante:
“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
— Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
— Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
“Nature is the art of God.”
— Dante Alighieri
— Dante Alighieri
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground”
— Dante Alighieri
— Dante Alighieri
“As flowerlets drooped and puckered in the night turn up to the returning sun and spread their petals wide on his new warmth and light-just so my wilted spirits rose again and such a heat of zeal surged through my veins that I was born anew.”
— Dante Alighieri
— Dante Alighieri
“To course across more kindly waters now
my talent’s little vessel lifts her sails,
leaving behind herself a sea so cruel;
and what I sing will be that second kingdom,
in which the human soul is cleansed of sin,
becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.”
— Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio)
my talent’s little vessel lifts her sails,
leaving behind herself a sea so cruel;
and what I sing will be that second kingdom,
in which the human soul is cleansed of sin,
becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.”
— Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio)
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People of Goda, the Clan of Tubal Cain 