Put off this sloth, ' the master said, 'for shame! Sitting on feather-pillows, lying reclined Beneath the blanket is no way to fame -Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind, Leaving on earth no more memorial Than foam in water or smoke upon the wind

Dante Alighieri
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  2. Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. - Thomas Merton

  3. But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves. - Mikhail Bulgakov

  4. ...some things are better left in the past. And true things are destined to repeat themselves. - Suzanne Young

  5. She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her. - Rick Riordan

More Quotes By Dante Alighieri
  1. Love, that moves the sun and the other stars

  2. Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always

  3. There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery

  4. The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

  5. Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde

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