These have no hope that death will overcome. And so degraded is the life they lead all look with envy on all other fates. - Dante Alighieri

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These have no hope that death will overcome.
And so degraded is the life they lead
all look with envy on all other fates.

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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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Perto do limite do terceiro compartimento do sétimo círculo os Poetas encontram outro bando de almas de sodomitas, no qual se destacam três ilustres compatriotas de Dante. Reconhecendo-o, falam da decadência das virtudes políticas e civis de Florença. Chegam, depois à orla de outro precipício, onde a um sinal de Virgílio, sobe, voando pelos ares, uma figura estranhíssima.

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