I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason.
Dante AlighieriThe man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream.
Dante AlighieriTo run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.
Dante Alighieri