There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. — Dante Alighieri

There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.

In the original Italian

Nessun maggior dolore, Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria.

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