The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.

Quote by Dante Alighieri

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A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

Small projects need much more help than great.

Small projects need much more help than great.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now...

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

He listens well who takes notes.

He listens well who takes notes.

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are...

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind...

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind...

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master;...

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master;...

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

The secret of getting things done is to act!

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue...