“Against a better will the will fights ill,…”

—  Dante Alighieri , book Purgatorio

Canto XX, line 1 (tr. C. E. Norton).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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Contra miglior voler voler mal pugna; …

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

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