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“It is always better to hold one’s tongue than speak
a truth that seems a bold-faced lie when uttered,
since to tell this truth could be embarrassing;

but I shall not keep quiet…”
(Canto 16, 124-127)

As little flowers from the frosty night
are closed and limp, and when the sun shines down
on them, they rise to open on their stem,

my wilted strength began to bloom within me,
and such warm courage flowed into my heart
that I spoke like a man set free of fear.
(Canto II, 127-132)