More from Inferno
- The day was now departing; the dark air released the living beings of the earth from work and weariness. Inferno: Canto II, lines 1-3
- Accept loss forever
- A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
- A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
- A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. Essays, "Character," 1844
- A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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