If I thought my answer were to one who would ever return to the world, this flame should stay without another movement; but since none ever returned alive from this depth, if what I hear is true, I answer thee without fear of infamy.


The Divine Comedy. Inferno, XXVII, l. 60


If I thought my answer were to one who would ever return to the world, this flame should stay without another movement; but since none ever returned...

If I thought my answer were to one who would ever return to the world, this flame should stay without another movement; but since none ever returned...

If I thought my answer were to one who would ever return to the world, this flame should stay without another movement; but since none ever returned...

If I thought my answer were to one who would ever return to the world, this flame should stay without another movement; but since none ever returned...