Inferno quotes
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As the thing more perfect is,The more it feels of pleasure and of pain.
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At once I understood, and I was sure this was that sect of evil souls who were hateful to God and to His enemies.
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At the return of consciousness, that closedBefore the pity of those two relations,Which utterly with sadness had confused me,New torments I behold, and new tormentedAround me, whichsoever way I move,And whichsoever way I turn, and gaze.
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Beatrice am I, who do bid thee go;I come from there, where I would fain return;Love moved me, which compelleth me to speak.
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Behold the grass, the flowerets, and the shrubsWhich of itself alone this land produces.
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But so much the more malign and wild does the ground become with bad seed and untilled, as it has the more of good earthly vigor.
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By its seed each herb is recognized.
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Canto I, line 34 (tr. Sinclair).
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Canto I, lines 1–3 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto I, lines 1–3 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto I, lines 22–24 (tr. Longfellow).
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Canto I, lines 71–72 (tr. Sinclair).
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Canto I, lines 88–90 (tr. Ciardi).
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Canto III, line 78 (tr. Longfellow).
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Canto III, lines 79–84 (tr. Longfellow).