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. - Dante Alighieri

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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.

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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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Alternative Names: Dante Durante degli Alighieri Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri
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S'io non perdessi le mie vertudi, e fossi libero tanto ch'io le potessi rispondere, io le direi, che si tosto mi giungne un desiderio di vederla, lo quale e di tanta vertude che uccide e distrugge ne la mia memoria ciò che contra lui si potesse levare; e però non mi ritraggono le passate passioni da cercare la veduta di costei

Para o fundo ele deverá ele vir, entre os meus escravos, pois deu conselho fraudulento e por ele o tenho desde então pelos cabelos agarrado, pois não pode absolver-se quem não se arrepende, nem se pode a um só tempo querer-se e sentir-se repeso, pois não o permite a contradição. p.115

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