“ Man can do violence To himself and his own blessings ”
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1320). copy citation
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
|---|---|
| Source | Divine Comedy |
| Topic | violence blessing |
| Date | 1320 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translanted by H. F. Cary |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1008/pg1008-images.html |
Context
“and wastes By devastation, pillage, and the flames, His substance. Slayers, and each one that smites In malice, plund'rers, and all robbers, hence The torment undergo of the first round In different herds. Man can do violence To himself and his own blessings: and for this He in the second round must aye deplore With unavailing penitence his crime, Whoe'er deprives himself of life and light, In reckless lavishment his talent wastes, And sorrows there where he should dwell in joy.”
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