WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Dante Alighieri:
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O human beings, you’re born to fly straight up,
Why does a little gust of wind bring you down?
[O gente umana, per volar sù nata,
perché a poco vento così cadi?]
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https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/65717/
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The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 "Purgatorio," Canto 12, l. 95ff (12.95-96) (1314) [tr. Bang (2019)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations
O human beings, you're born to fly straight up, Why does a little gust of wind bring you down? [O gente umana, per volar sù nata, perché a poco vento così cadi?] Some translators have this as a comment by Dante on how few takers there are to the…