“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.”

— Dante Alighieri , book Purgatorio

Canto XXX, lines 118–120 (tr. C. E. Norton).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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Ma tanto più maligno e più silvestro si fa 'l terren col mal seme e non cólto, quant'elli ha più di buon vigor terrestro.

The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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