
“Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close nigga watch your homies”
Canto XXX, line 103 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio
Voi vigilate ne l'etterno die.
“Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close nigga watch your homies”
“Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.”
First lines, Ch. 1
The Crimson Petal and the White (2002)
Context: Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them. This city I am bringing you to is vast and intricate, and you have not been here before. You may imagine, from other stories you've read, that you know it well, but those stories flattered you, welcoming you as a friend, treating you as if you belonged. The truth is that you are an alien from another time and place altogether.
XVI, 19
The Kitáb-I-Asmá
Context: O ye that are invested with the Bayán! Denounce ye not one another, ere the Day-Star of ancient eternity shineth forth above the horizon of His sublimity. We have created you from one tree and have caused you to be as the leaves and fruit of the same tree, that haply ye may become a source of comfort to one another. Regard ye not others save as ye regard your own selves, that no feeling of aversion may prevail amongst you so as to shut you out from Him Whom God shall make manifest on the Day of Resurrection. It behooveth you all to be one indivisible people; thus should ye return unto Him Whom God shall make manifest.
Prelude, Stanza 1.
Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)
“Live day by day and always keep your head up high, transforming your heart every day.”
Original: (it) Vivi giorno per giorno e avanza sempre a testa alta trasformando ogni giorno come desidera il tuo cuore.
Source: prevale.net
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.”
A Sense of Wonder
Song lyrics, A Sense of Wonder (1985)
“Ye living flowers that skirt the eternal frost.”
"Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni" (1802)
Time Waits for No One (co-written with Keith Richards) on the Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1973).
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