John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Dante Alighieri. (1265–1321) |
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| All hope abandon, ye who enter here. |
| Hell. Canto iii. Line 9. |
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| The wretched souls of those who lived Without or praise or blame. |
| Hell. Canto iii. Line 34. |
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| No greater grief than to remember days Of joy when misery is at hand. 1 |
| Hell. Canto v. Line 121. |
| François Villon. (1431–1463?) |
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| Where are the snows of last year? 2 |
| Des Dames du Temps jadis. i. |
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| I know everything except myself. |
| Autre Ballade. i. |
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| Good talkers are only found in Paris. |
| Des Femmes de Paris. ii. |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti. (1475–1564) |
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| As when, O lady mine! With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould. The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. |
| Sonnet. |
| Note 1. See Longfellow, Quotation 56. [back] |
| Note 2. But where is last year’s snow? This was the greatest care that Villon, the Parisian poet, took.—Francis Rabelais: book ii, chap. xiv. [back] |