Quote by Dante Alighieri
Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blo

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. – Dante Alighieri

Other quotes by Dante Alighieri

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. – Dante Alighieri

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Change
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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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Men
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There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. – Woodrow Wilson

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History

I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes Ill pull that 80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings. – Katy Perry

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Happy the people whose annals are blank in history-books. – Thomas Carlyle, Life of Frederick the Great

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I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years. – David Rockefeller

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. – Albert Camus

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Death

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought… – Robert G. Ingersoll

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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and its charming. – Edgar Degas

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I dont trust a lot of journalists. – Calvin Klein

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Trust