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Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides.
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides.
Approximate author period: c. 1293 AD · medieval
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- Dante
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- Approximate author period: c. 1293 AD · medieval
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- Book of Wise Sayings (1893) (1893 AD)
Saying 158 · printed source label: Dante · entry translator not specified
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