A quotation from Fleming, Ian:

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Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored.
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https://wist.info/fleming-ian/62010/

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A quotation from Bible:

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Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel, and on the way some boys came out of a town and made fun of him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they shouted. Elisha turned around, glared at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.
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https://wist.info/bible/6572/

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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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Now of a sudden Aeneas looked and saw
To the left, under a cliff, wide buildings girt
By a triple wall round which a torrent rushed
With scorching flames and boulders tossed in thunder,
The abyss’s Fiery River. A massive gate
With adamantine pillars faced the stream,
So strong no force of men or gods in war
Ma…
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https://wist.info/virgil/57713/

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A quotation from Virgil:

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No, not if I had a hundred tongues and a hundred mouths<br />
and a voice of iron too — I could never capture<br />
all the crimes or run through all the torments,<br />
doom by doom.
[Non, mihi si linguae centum sunt oraque centum<br />
Ferrea vox, omnis scelerum comprendere formas,<br />
Omnia poenarum percurrere no…
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https://wist.info/virgil/57442/

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