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Inferno
Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

Halfway through the story of my life I came to in a gloomy wood, because I'd wandered off the path, away from the light.

1767 446 ed.
La Divina Commedia
La Divina Commedia

by Dante Alighieri

To run through better waters the little ship of my wit now hoists its sails, leaving behind it a sea so cruel,

1472 1339 ed.
Il Paradiso
Il Paradiso

by Dante Alighieri

THE glory of Him who moves all things penetrates the universe and shines in one part more and in another less.

1595 291 ed.
Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica

by Thomas Aquinas, Kennedy, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1930

THE FIRST POINT: 1. Prophecy is apparently not a form of knowledge, for we read of Elisha, when he was dead his body pro...

1467 277 ed.
John Donne Poetry
John Donne Poetry

by John Donne, John Booty

1. Deigne at my hands this crown of prayer and praise,

1633 105 ed.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment ...

1776 123 ed.
Imitation of Christ
Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis, Jérôme de Gonnelieu

"Whoever shadows my every move won't lose me in the dark" At least that's what Christ says, or what the Evangelist John...

1568 394 ed.
Walden
Walden

by Henry David Thoreau

WHEN I WROTE the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in ...

1854 1138 ed.
Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
La Poetica
La Poetica

by Aristotle

We speak in many ways of what is, i.e. the ways distinguished earlier in our work on the several ways in which things ar...

1479 498 ed.
Hong lou meng
Hong lou meng

by Tsʻao, Hsüeh-chʻin., (qing) Cao, xue qin

1900 152 ed.
Lives
Lives

by Plutarch

IT is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidenc...

1564 323 ed.
Bible
Bible

by Bible

Genesis appropriately stands as the first book of the OT and serves as an essential introduction to the whole Bible.

1200 6084 ed.
The Tempest
The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

1.1 On board a ship carrying King Alonso of Naples and his entourage, a boatswain directs the crew to fight a great stor...

1611 804 ed.
As a man thinketh
As a man thinketh

by James Allen

The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so compreh...

1902 657 ed.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume II
The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume II

by Emily Dickinson

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.

1890 151 ed.
Book of common prayer
Book of common prayer

by Church of England, J. A. Maurault

Where at the Death of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth, there remained one uniform order of Common Service,...

1537 545 ed.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

1.1 Antony refuses to hear the messengers from Rome and declares that nothing matters but his love for Cleopatra.

1734 949 ed.
Meditations
Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

1. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is a work without parallel among writings surviving from Classical antiquity.

1626 642 ed.
Φαίδων
Φαίδων

by Πλάτων

PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Phaedo, who is the narrator of the dialogue to Echecrates of Phlius.

1713 291 ed.