Canto XXIV quotes
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...Seggendo in piumain fama non si vien, né sotto coltre,sanza la qual chi sua vita consumacotal vestigo in terra di sé lasciaqual fummo in aere ed in acqua la schiuma.
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Lying in a featherbed will not bring you fame, nor staying beneath the quilt,and he who uses up his life without achieving fameleaves no more vestige of himself on Earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water.
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lines 47–51.
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And therefore raise thee up, o'ercome the anguishWith spirit that o'ercometh every battle,If with its heavy body it sink not.
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lines 52-54 (tr. Longfellow)
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Variant translation:Get up! breathe with the soul,for it is brave in every battle,and will always win,unless the heavy body be its grave.
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La dimanda onestasi de' seguir con l'opera tacendo.
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A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
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lines 77–78 (tr. Sinclair).