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For in His will is our peace. It is the sea
To which all things existing flow, both those
His will creates and those that nature makes.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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A great flame follows a little spark.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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The glory of Him who moves everything penetrates through the universe, and is resplendent in one part more and in another less.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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Pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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But so much the more malign and wild does the ground become with bad seed and untilled, as it has the more of good earthly vigor.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
Less than a drop of blood remains in me that does not tremble; I recognize the signals of the ancient flame.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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To a greater force, and to a better nature, you, free, are subject, and that creates the mind in you, which the heavens have not in their charge. Therefore if the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
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Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri