Dante Alighieri

"Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water."

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Source: Dante Alighieri (1849). “Dante's Divine comedy: the Inferno, a literal prose tr., with the text of the original and notes, by J.A. Carlyle”, p.58

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet, Philosopher

Dante Alighieri was a 14th-century Italian poet known for 'The Divine Comedy,' a profound exploration of love, morality, and the human condition.

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