The devil is not as black as he is painted.

Dante Alighieri
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The devil is not as black as he is painted.
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You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs. ✨ Divina Commedia Paradiso canto 17, l. 58 (ca. 1310 - 1321) (translation by … ▶
From a little spark may burst a flame.
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Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice. ✨ Dante Alighieri (2013). The Divine Comedy: The Unabridged Classic, p.24, Vintage

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