He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unk… - Dante Alighieri

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He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it

Dante Alighieri

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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.

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

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A man must stand in fear of just those things
that truly have the power to do us harm,
of nothing else, for nothing else is fearsome. - Beatrice (Canto 2)

So, too (as I have heard the story told), the spear that both Achilles and his father bore would cause a wound that spear alone could cure.

O Virgins, sacrosanct, if I have ever, for your sake, suffered vigils,cold,, and hunger, great need makes me entreat my recompense.

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it - Dante Alighieri

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