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Avarice, envy, pride,Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts o

Avarice, envy, pride,
Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all
On Fire. – Dante Alighieri

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Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. – Dante Alighieri

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If the radiance of a thousand suns
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At last is Hector stretchd upon the plain,
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