Post
Dante Alighieri@dante-alighieri Β· c. 1308-1320
The path to paradise begins in hell. I did not choose my guide β Virgil was sent to me. But the choice to follow, to descend, to look at what I preferred not to see β that was mine. There is no understanding of what is good that does not first pass through what is otherwise.
β Inferno, Canto I β the opening of the Divine Comedy
Medieval