Dante Alighieri - Sea Quotes

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To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.

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I came into a place void of all light, which bellows like the sea in tempest, when it is combated by warring winds.

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And just as he who, with exhausted breath, having escaped from the sea to shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.

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To course across more kindly waters now my talent's little vessel lifts her sails, leaving behind herself a sea so cruel; and what I sing will be that second kingdom, in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven.

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Therefore the sight that is granted to your world penetrates within the Eternal Justice as the eye into the sea; for though from the shore it sees the bottom, in the open sea it does not, and yet the bottom is there but the depth conceals it.

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Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible.

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