O human race, born to fly upward, Wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? — Dante Alighieri

O human race, born to fly upward, Wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?

In the original Italian

O gente umana, per volar sù nata, Perché a poco vento così cadi?

Purgatorio · 1321
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Provenance
Current citation
Dante. "The Purgatorio." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Dante. "Purgatorio [Purgatory]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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