Dante Alighieri

Italy
1265 // 1321
Poet

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Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water
Deed done is well begun
Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not
We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all
The secret of getting things done is to act!
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come
Small projects need much more help than great
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge
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