Thou shalt prove how salty tastes another’s bread, and how hard a path it is to go up and down another’s stairs. - Dante Alighieri

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Engraved portrait of Dante Alighieri, facing left

Thou shalt prove how salty tastes another’s bread, and how hard a path it is to go up and down another’s stairs.

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About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Sandro Botticelli (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Dante Durante degli Alighieri Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri

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For tears and laughter are such pursuivants
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علم فلسفه بشرط آنکه تنها از یک جانب خاصش مورد نظر قرار نگیرد، بدان کس که اهل ادراک باشد، میآموزد که چسان طبیعت، از عقل الهی و از هنرش ناشی شده و اگر تو فیزیکِ خودت را بدقت بخوانی، بی آنکه صفحات بسیار از آن خوانده باشی درخواهی یافت که هنر و صنعت بشری، همچنانکه شاگرد بدنبال استاد خود میرود، تا آنجا که برایش امکان داشته باشد طبیعت را پیروی میکند، چنانکه هنر شما تقریبا حکم نواده ی خداوند را دارد.

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