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Quotes from Purgatorio — Dante Alighieri

1265–1321 Italy

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The truth thy speech doth show, within my heart reproves the swelling pride.

Purgatorio (1321)

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

Purgatorio (1321)

Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.

Purgatorio (1321)

How long in women lasts the flame of love,
If sight and touch do not relume it oft.

Purgatorio (1321)

Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone.

Purgatorio (1321)

So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth.

Purgatorio (1321)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dante Alighieri (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.