La Vita Nuova

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In that part of the book of my memory, before which very little is written, there is a heading that reads "Here begins a new life".

Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova

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Topic

Love at first sight Being in love

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

La Vita Nuova

Language

Italian

Time

1294 1290s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Dante. Vita Nuova, translated by Mark Musa. Oxford University, 2008, ch. 1.

Love and the gracious heart are a single thing…
One can no more be without the other
Than the reasoning mind without its reason.

Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova

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Topic

Love Kindness Grace

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

La Vita Nuova

Language

Italian

Time

1294 1290s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Dante. Vita Nuova, translated by Mark Musa. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 16.

Love hath so long possessed me for his own
And made his lordship so familiar.

Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova

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Topic

Power of love Love

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

La Vita Nuova

Language

Italian

Time

1294 1290s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Dante. Vita Nuova, translated by Mark Musa. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 24.