The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all …

Dante Alighieri
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The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream. ✨ Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (1954). The inferno, Signet
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Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire. ✨ Dante Alighieri (2015). The Inferno, p.34, Race Point Pub
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Where the way is hardest, there go thou; Follow your own path and let people talk.

The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream. ✨ Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (1954). The inferno, Signet

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