"Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows." ― Dante Alighieri Topic(s): History Tags: firmly, tower More From Dante Alighieri "There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery." "Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God’s grandchild." "All hope abandon, ye who enter here!" More In History "I’ll watch any show on the History Channel."― Rick Springfield "Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."― Plato "The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history."― Carl T. Rowan