"Why doth thy mind so occupy itself," The Master said, "that thou thy pace dost slacken? What matter it to thee what here is whispered? Come after me… - Dante Alighieri
"Why doth thy mind so occupy itself,"
The Master said, "that thou thy pace dost slacken?
What matter it to thee what here is whispered?
Come after me, and let the people talk;
Stand like a steadfast tower, that never wags
Its top for all the blowing of the winds;
For evermore the man in whom is springing
Thought upon thought, removes from him the mark,
Because the force of one the other weakens."
Purgatorio V: 10-18
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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.
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