O pure and noble conscience, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri
O pure and noble conscience, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
In the original Italian
O dignitosa coscienza e netta, come t'e picciol fallo amaro morso!
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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.
