Love hath so long possessed me for his own
And made his lordship so familiar.
• Chapter XXIV
And made his lordship so familiar.
• Chapter XXIV
“
Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore
e costumato a la sua segnoria
— Dante Alighieri
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore
e costumato a la sua segnoria" in the context of "Love hath so long possessed me for his own
And made his lordship so familiar.
• Chapter XXIV" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Dante Alighieri" (Quotes, La Vita Nuova (1293))
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About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
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