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The quality, "spiacente a Dio ed ai nemici suoi," of the men who did not, ran through and through him.
Abraham Lincoln Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood 1904
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And as for his tenderness -- the quality without which all other poetic excellence is barren -- it gushes forth toward every creature, animate and inanimate, with one exception, namely, the hypocrite, ever alike "spiacente a Dio e ai nemici sui;" and therefore intolerable to Robert Burns's honesty, whether he be fighting for or against the cause of right.
Literary and General Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847
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