Amore mal non perdono l'amore a nullo amato.
 Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1320). copy citation

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Author Dante Alighieri
Source Divine Comedy
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Date 1320
Language English
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Note Translanted by H. F. Cary
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“99 Love, that in gentle heart is quickly learnt.] Amor, Ch' al cor gentil ratto s'apprende. A line taken by Marino, Adone, c. cxli. st. 251.
v. 102. Love, that denial takes from none belov'd.] Amor, ch' a null' amato amar perdona. So Boccacio, in his Filocopo. l.1. Amore mal non perdono l'amore a nullo amato. And Pulci, in the Morgante Maggiore, c. iv. E perche amor mal volontier perdona, Che non sia al fin sempre amato chi ama. Indeed many of the Italian poets have repeated this verse.
v. 105. Caina.] The place to which murderers are doomed.” source