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What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

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In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself within a dark forest, for the straight way had been lost.

Dante Alighieri

{Allegory: "Through me the way is to the city of woe, through me the way is to eternal pain, through me the way among the...}

"Through me the way is to the city of woe, through me the way is to eternal pain, through me the way among the lost people."

Dante Alighieri

And then we emerged to see the stars again.

Dante Alighieri

You were not made to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Dante Alighieri

{Allegory: Love, which absolves no loved one from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as you see, it does...}

Love, which absolves no loved one from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as you see, it does not leave me even now.

Dante Alighieri

Ah, how hard it is to describe this rough and harsh and dense forest, which renews fear in my thoughts!

Dante Alighieri

{Allegory: O imagination, that sometimes steals us so,
from outside things, that we pay no attention,
though someone...}

O imagination, that sometimes steals us so, from outside things, that we pay no attention, though someone might be present who hears a bell or a horn, within you!

Dante Alighieri

{Allegory: And as the starlings are borne on their wings, in the cold season, in a broad and full troop, so does that...}

And as the starlings are borne on their wings, in the cold season, in a broad and full troop, so does that blast bear the evil spirits along.

Dante Alighieri

There the dreadful Erichtho writhed, who summoned back the shadows to their bodies.

Dante Alighieri

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