The hottest places in Hell are reserved for good people who — in times of moral crisis — choose to do nothing. - Dante Alighieri

"Majster tvoj vie, že nieto váčšej biedy
než spomínať si na blažené časy
za časov zlých," mi riekla v odpovedi.

What is it that had caught your interest so and makes you lag behind?' My master [Virgil] asked, 'What do you care of they are whispering? Keep up with mr and let those people talk! Be like a solid tower, whose brave height remains unmoved by the winds that blow: the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of it's strength.

Ah! what caution must men use With those who look not at the deed alone, But spy into the thoughts with subtle skill!