For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and e…

Dante Alighieri
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For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense. ✨ Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (1954). The inferno, Signet
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Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. ✨ Dante Alighieri (2015). The Divine Comedy: Top Classic Poetry, p.233, 谷月社
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For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense. ✨ Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (1954). The inferno, Signet

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