So are you still like all the other fools? In this place piety lives when pity is dead, for who could be more wicked than that man who tries to bend … - Dante Alighieri

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So are you still like all the other fools?
In this place piety lives when pity is dead,
for who could be more wicked than that man
who tries to bend divine will to his own!

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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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Additional quotes by Dante Alighieri

"When I looked closely,
I saw these souls stooped in much the same way.
The degree to which their bodies were bent
was in proportion to how much their backs bore.
and even he who seemed the most patient
Seemed to say, weeping, "I can bear no more.
Inferno · December 18, 2022 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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