“How long in woman lasts the fire of love,
If eye or touch do not relight it often.”

Canto VIII, lines 77–78 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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Quanto in femmina fuoco d'amor dura, Se l'occhio o 'l tatto spesso nol raccende.

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

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Italian poet 1265–1321

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