A quotation from Bible:

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You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant. I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in t…
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https://wist.info/bible/40740/

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A quotation from Dante Alighieri:

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O endless wrath of God: how utterly
thou shouldst become a terror to all men
who read the frightful truths revealed to me!
[O vendetta di Dio, quanto tu dei
esser temuta da ciascun che legge
ciò che fu manifesto a li occhi mei!]
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https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/60361/

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A quotation from Dante Alighieri:

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Ah, God’s avenging justice! who could heap up
suffering and pain as strange as I saw here?
How can we let our guilt bring us to this?
[Ahi giustizia di Dio! tante chi stipa
nove travaglie e pene quant’io viddi?
e perché nostra colpa sì ne scipa?]
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https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/58679/

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A quotation from Virgil:

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Here are troops of men
who had suffered wounds, fighting to save their country,
and those who had been pure priests while still alive,
and the faithful poets whose songs were fit for Phoebus;
those who enriched our lives with the newfound arts they forged
and those we remember well for the good they did mankind.…
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https://wist.info/virgil/57600/

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