A great flame follows a little spark.

Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda.

Dante Alighieri

Paradiso

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Little things make a big difference

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Paradiso 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

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Original Citation

Dante. Paradiso. The Divine Comedy. c. 1320, canto 12, l. 95-96.

Current Citation

Dante. "Paradiso." The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. Translated by Allen Mandelbaum. Everyman's Library, 1995, canto 1, l. 34.

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Another quote by Dante Alighieri

Thence we came forth to see the stars again.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Topic
Stars The night sky

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Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy]. 1320, canto 34, l. 139.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy: Vol I, Inferno. Translated by Mark Musa. Penguin, 2002, canto 34, l. 139.

Another quote from Middle Ages

To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice.

Magna Carta

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Topic
Rule of law Justice
Source
Magna Carta
Medium
Political charter
Genre
Political literature
Language
Latin
Time
1215 1210s 13th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, 40.

Current Citation

Magna Carta. Translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin, 2015, no. 40.

Another quote originally in Italian

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

Galileo Galilei

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Topic
Intellectual progress Scientific progress
Speaker
Sagredo

Author

Galileo Galilei
Language
Italian
Time
1638 1630s 17th century
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Citation

Galilei, Galileo. "Giornata Prima [First Day]." Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienze [Discourses and Mathematicals Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences]. Leida, 1638.