WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Dante Alighieri:</p><p>«<br>But the power<br>of a man’s will is often powerless:<br>laughter and tears follow so close upon<br>the passions that provoke them that the more<br>sincere the man, the less they obey his will.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/66413/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet</span><span class="invisible">/66413/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/candor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/crying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crying</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/emotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emotion</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/honesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honesty</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/laughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laughter</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfcontrol</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sincerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sincerity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sorrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sorrow</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tears</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>will</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/willpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>willpower</span></a></p>