The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
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It is no learning to understand what you do not retain.Dante Alighieri
Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to hedge, Fleeter than a flash, in the battering dog-day weather, A fiery little monster, livid, in a rage, Black as any peppercorn, came and made a dart At the guts of the others, and leaping to engage One of the pair, it pierced him at the part Through which we first draw food then loosed its grip And fell before him, outstretched and apart.
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Woman's moved likewise by a virtuous man.
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There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
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Predestination how remote and dim Thy root lies hidden from the intellect Which only glimpses the First Cause Supreme And you, ye mortals, keep your judgment checked, Since we, who see God, have not therefore skill To know yet all the number of the
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They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that of Pride, the proud are learning humility Our Father, dwelling in the Heavens, nowise As circumscribed, but as the things above,
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