“For to lose time irks him most who most knows.”
Canto III, line 78 (tr. Longfellow).
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Quotes from book
Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri
Original title
Purgatorio
(Italian, 1316)
Purgatorio is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno, and preceding the Paradiso. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil, except for the last four cantos at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide.
“Time moves and yet we do not notice it.”
Canto IV, line 9 (tr. Mandelbaum).
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“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
“Virtue with poverty didst thou prefer
To the possession of great wealth with vice.”
Canto XX, lines 26–27 (tr. Longfellow).
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“O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is little fault!”
Canto III, lines 8–9 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto XXX, lines 46–48.
Compare: Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae ("I feel once more the scars of the old flame", tr. C. Day Lewis), Virgil, Aeneid, Book IV, line 23.
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Canto XI, lines 13–15 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto XVII, lines 127–129 (tr. Longfellow).
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“By its seed each herb is recognized.”
Canto XVI, line 114 (tr. Longfellow).
Compare: "Ye shall know them by their fruits." Matthew 7:16 KJV.
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Canto IV, lines 133–135 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto VIII, lines 1–6 (tr. Sinclair).
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Canto XIV, lines 109–111 (tr. Longfellow).
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Canto V, lines 16–18 (tr. Sinclair).
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“Pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.”
Canto XXXIII, line 145 (tr. C. E. Norton).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio
Canto I, lines 22–24 (tr. Longfellow).
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“Behold the grass, the flowerets, and the shrubs
Which of itself alone this land produces.”
Canto XXVII, lines 134–135 (tr. Longfellow).
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“Against a better will the will fights ill,…”
Canto XX, line 1 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto III, lines 79–84 (tr. Longfellow).
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Canto I, lines 1–3 (tr. C. E. Norton).
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Canto VI, lines 43–46 (tr. Carlyle-Wicksteed).
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