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l’anima semplicetta…
Esce di mano a lui che la vagheggia prima che sia, a guisa di fanciulla che piangendo e ridendo pargoleggia, l’anima semplicetta che sa nulla, salvo che, mossa da lieto fattore, volontier torna a ciò che la trastulla. Purg. XVI.85-90 … Continue reading
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“What a piece of work is a man!”
O superbi cristian, miseri lassi, che, de la vista de la mente infermi, fidanza avete ne’ retrosi passi, non v’accorgete voi che noi siam vermi nati a formar l’angelica farfalla, che vola a la giustizia sanza schermi? Purg. X.121-126 O … Continue reading
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…to sleep perchance to dream…
CALIBAN: Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after … Continue reading
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Words…
Stand in awe of the woven wonder of Words: these that are nought but wisps crafted of as much substance as wraiths that haunt the dreams of mortals; And once uttered, vanish into that realm whence the insubstantial spectres that … Continue reading
The Praise of Men…
John Milton could not have said it better when he summed up the folly of vanity: all who in vain things Built their fond hopes of glory or lasting fame… Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit … Continue reading
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