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Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

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Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. [It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]
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O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore! [It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta, Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]
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Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
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So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth, [It., Se toso grazia risolva le schiume Di vostra conscienza, si che chiaro Per essa scenda della mente il fiume.]
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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