Love and the gracious heart are a single thing…
One can no more be without the other
Than the reasoning mind without its reason.

Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa…
e così esser l'un sanza l'altro osa
com'alma razional sanza ragione.

Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova

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Topic

Love Kindness Grace

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

La Vita Nuova

Language

Italian

Time

1294 1290s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Dante. Vita Nuova. Translated by Mark Musa. Oxford UP, 2008, ch. 16.

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