“For to lose time irks him most who most knows.”

—  Dante Alighieri , book Purgatorio

Canto III, line 78 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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Ché perder tempo a chi più sa più spiace.

Virgilio: III, 78
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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