Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity which spurs as… - Dante Alighieri

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Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity which spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.

Dante Alighieri

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50 inferno canto-xii

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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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Of gold and silver ye have made your god,
Diff'ring wherein from the idolater,

But he that worships one, a hundred ye

E 'l duca mio a me: «O tu che siedi
tra li scheggion del ponte quatto quatto,
sicuramente omai a me ti riedi».

She by her nature is cruel, so vicious she never can sate her voracious will, but, feasting well, is hungrier than before.

Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity which spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity. - Dante Alighieri

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