“The experience of this sweet life.”
Canto XX, lines 47–48 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Paradiso
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L'esperîenza di questa dolce vita.
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Paradiso
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Dante Alighieri 105
Italian poet 1265–1321Related quotes

“If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.”

γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος.
πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα νιν καρδία περισσῶς.
Fragment 110; page 377.
Variant translations: This phrase is the origin of the Latin proverb "Dulce bellum inexpertis" which is sometimes misattributed to Desiderius Erasmus.
War is sweet to them that know it not.
War is sweet to those not acquainted with it
War is sweet to those who do not know it.
War is sweet to those that never have experienced it.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

“Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.”
Quoted in Humor & Caricature (September 1995), p. 3
“Children are the most sweet burden of life.”
Original: (hr) Svi me vole, samo tata ne

“Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang
When life was sweet because you call’d them sweet?”
Source: Poems of Christina Rossetti

“I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.”
Source: Shadowfever