WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Dante Alighieri:
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You dull your own perceptions
with false imaginings and do not grasp
what would be clear but for your preconceptions.
[Tu stesso ti fai grosso
col falso imaginar, sì che non vedi
ciò che vedresti se l’avessi scosso.]
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The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 3 "Paradiso," Canto 1, l. 88ff (1.88-90) [Beatrice] (1320) [tr. Ciardi (1970)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations
You dull your own perceptions with false imaginings and do not grasp what would be clear but for your preconceptions. [Tu stesso ti fai grosso col falso imaginar, sì che non vedi ciò che vedresti se l'avessi scosso.] Dante's beloved Beatrice greets him for the first time since his…