Letter to the Romans 13:8
Epistle to the Romans
“Thou shalt prove how salt is the taste of another man's bread and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs.”
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Dante Alighieri
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book
Paradiso
Canto XVII, lines 58–60 (tr. Sinclair).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Paradiso
Original
Tu proverai sì come sa di sale | lo pane altrui, e come è duro calle | lo scendere e 'l salir per l'altrui scale.
XVII, 58-60
Variant: Tu proverai sì come sa di sale
lo pane altrui, e come è duro calle
lo scendere e 'l salir per l'altrui scale.
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