; Taken from an English translation since I don't know Tuscan %- ; From The Dialogue (:def dialogue (:oneof (| "Sin is the opposite of being") (| "Perseverance is necessary if you want to see your desires realized.") (| "Their selfish sensuality, which is the source of every harm that can come to soul or body.") (| "She has let go of and drowned her own will, and when that will is dead there is peace and quiet.") (| "Penance ought to be undertaken as a means to growth.") (| "Virtue can be proved only by its opposite.") (| "Sensuality is the opposite of spirit.") (| "Because love, while in the mortal body, does not perfectly possess what it loves, it suffers") (| "This Sun never leaves its orbit, never divides.") (| "Love is your food.") (| "You like a perverse beast find your pleasure in delicate foods, and make a god of your belly?") (| "You loved us before we existed.") (| "By your mercy we were created.") (| "If you follow this truth you will have the life of grace and never die of hunger.") (| "If you have conceived the virtue of courage within you, you will always be strong and constant.") (| ''' I bound her into a body formed from the vilest earth so that when she saw her beauty she would not lift up her head in pride. ''') (| ''' I am the rewarder of every labor, and I give to all in accordance with their state in life and effort. ''') (| "One cannot be deprived of the practice of doing good unless one so chooses.") (| ''' The more they have to endure, the more delighted they are. Indeed, suffering many difficulties is for them a kind of refreshment. ''') (| "You should build your foundation by slaying and annhilating your self-will.") (| "Humility comes from knowledge and holy hatred of oneself.") (| ''' Memory is beleagured by the body's imperfection; understanding is blocked and fettered by the heaviness of the body. ''') (| ''' The despair of Judas displeased more and was a greater insult to my son than his betrayal had been. Therefore, such as these are reproved for this false judgment of considering their sin to be greater than my mercy, and for this they are punished with the demons and tortured eternally with them. ''') (| ''' Then my justice reproves them harshly for their injustice and false judgment. And not simply in general terms for their pervasive habits of injustice and false judgment during their earthly lives, but even more for that particular unjust judgment by which at the very end they have judged their own wretchedness to be greater than my mercy. ''') )) (:def main dialogue)