Haste denies all acts their dignity.

La fretta, che l'onestade ad ogn'atto dismaga.

Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio

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Topic

Haste Taking one's time

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Purgatorio The Divine Comedy

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Language

Italian

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dante. Purgatorio. 1320. Canto III, line 11

Current Citation

Dante. The Purgatorio. Translated by John Ciardi. Signet, 2009, canto III, line 11.

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In that part of the book of my memory, before which very little is written, there is a heading that reads "Here begins a new life".

Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova

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Topic
Love at first sight Being in love

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
La Vita Nuova
Language
Italian
Time
1294 1290s 13th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Dante. Vita Nuova. Translated by Mark Musa. Oxford UP, 2008, ch. 1.

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We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.

Bernard of Chartres

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Speaker
Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury
Language
Latin
Time
1159 1150s 12th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bernard of Chartres. Quoted in Metalogicon. Written by John of Salisbury. 1159, bk. 3.

Another quote originally in Italian

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Galeazzo Ciano

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Topic
Taking credit Winning and losing Winning Losing

Author

Galeazzo Ciano
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Italian
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ciano, Galeazzo. Diary entry. 9 Sept. 1942.