Ma Virgilio n'avea lasciati scemi
di sé, Virgilio, dolcissimo patre,
Virgilio a cui per mia salute die'mi.
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But us Virgilius of himself deprived Had left, Virgilius, sweetest of all fathers, Virgilius, to whom I for safety gave me.
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Dante Alighieri, in The Divine Comedy (c. 1308-1321), Purgatorio, Canto XXX, lines 49-51 (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).Virgil
"Or se' tu quel Virgilio e quella fonte
che spandi di parlar s? largo fiume?",
rispuos' io lui con vergognosa fronte.Virgil
As he said in Machiavel, omnes eodem patre nati, Adam's sons, conceived all and born in sin, etc. "We are by nature all as one, all alike, if you see us naked; let us wear theirs and they our clothes, and what is the difference?"
Robert Burton
I gave the general a snappy salute.
Frank Buckles
But now I salute you who follow me,
It is my time to stand at ease ... content.Christopher Vokes
Perhaps 'tis not strictly in accordance with the evidence ... but even the damned may salute the eloquence of Mr. Webster.
Stephen Vincent Benet
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