“This miserable state
is borne by the wretched souls of those
who lived without disgrace and without praise.”

—  Dante Alighieri, book Inferno

Canto III, lines 34–36 (tr. John D. Sinclair).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno

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