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No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy, when mis’ry is at hand!

— Dante Alighieri Inferno (1321)

Nessun maggior dolore
che ricordarsi del tempo felice
ne la miseria.

Original text (Italian)

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Francesca da Rimini in the second circle of hell

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