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		<title>Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 &#8220;Inferno,&#8221; Canto 15, l.  99ff (15.99) (1309) [tr. James (2013)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[He listens well Who takes notes. [Bene ascolta chi la nota.] Virgil either warning Dante to consider all the predictions / warnings he&#8217;s receiving from the damned about &#8220;future&#8221; political troubles, or else praising him for appearing to have remembered them (interpretations vary). (Source (Italian)). Alternate translations: He listens well, who what he hears remarks. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">He listens well<br />
Who takes notes.</p>
<p><em>[Bene ascolta chi la nota.]</em></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> (1265-1321) Italian poet<br><i>The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia]</i>, Book 1 <i>&#8220;Inferno,&#8221;</i> Canto 15, l.  99ff (15.99) (1309) [tr. James (2013)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/inferno0000dant_y2l4/page/80/mode/2up?q=%22takes+notes%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Virgil either warning Dante to consider all the predictions / warnings he's receiving from the damned about "future" political troubles, or else praising him for appearing to have remembered them (interpretations vary).<br><br>

(<a href="https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Divina_Commedia/Inferno/Canto_XV#:~:text=Bene%20ascolta%20chi%20la%20nota">Source (Italian)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>He listens well, who what he hears remarks.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Inferno_of_Dante_Translated/1ARcAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22free%20translation%20of%20the%20inferno%22">Rogers</a> (1782), l. 96]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>"Unhappy is the man," exclaim'd my Guide,<br>
"From whose weak mind the words of wisdom glide."<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinacommediaof01dantuoft/page/224/mode/2up?q=%22Unhappy+is+the+rtian%22">Boyd</a> (1802), st. 18] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens to good purpose who takes note.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8789/8789-h/8789-h.htm#cantoI.15:~:text=He%20listens%20to%20good%20purpose%20who%20takes%20note.">Cary</a> (1814)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Well doth he hear, who marks what he hath heard.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernodanteali02daymgoog/page/n104/mode/2up?q=%22Well+doth+he+hear%22">Dayman</a> (1843)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who notes it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Inferno/WqpEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22he%20listens%20well%22">Carlyle</a> (1849)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who notes.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedyofdanteal00dant/page/66/mode/2up?q=%22He+listens+well%22">Bannerman</a> (1850)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who noteth well.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Translation_of_Dante_s_Inferno/dzvcz2MMLLMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22he%20listens%20well%22">Johnston</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listeneth well who noteth it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_(Longfellow_1867)/Volume_1/Canto_15#:~:text=He%20listeneth%20well%20who%20noteth%20it.">Longfellow</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Well listens he who marks it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92729/page/180/mode/2up?q=%22well+listens%22">Butler</a> (1885)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Who noteth well, he well doth hear.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda00dantrich/page/58/mode/2up?q=%22Who+noteth+well%22">Minchin</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who notes it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1995/1995-h/1995-h.htm#cantoI.XV:~:text=He%20listens%20well%20who%20notes%20it.">Norton</a> (1892)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listeneth well that layeth it to heart.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedydantealig00sullgoog/page/n92/mode/2up?q=%22He+listeneth+well+that+layeth+it+to+heart.%22">Sullivan</a> (1893)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who notes the matter.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernodanteali00grifgoog/page/n112/mode/2up?q=%22He+listens+well+who+notes+the+matter.%22">Griffith</a> (1908)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He is a good listener who takes note.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy_of_Dante_Alighieri/c8ZKnRirTNUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22he%20is%20a%20good%20listener%22">Sinclair</a> (1939)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who noteth well the word.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/portabledante00dant/page/82/mode/2up?q=%22He+listens+well%22">Binyon</a> (1943)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Well-heeded is well-heard.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy00peng/page/164/mode/2up?q=%22well-heeded%22">Sayers</a> (1949)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Well heeded is well heard.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernoverserend00dantrich/page/138/mode/2up?q=%22well+heeded%22">Ciardi</a> (1954)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who notes it listens well.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/inferno0000dant/page/n169/mode/2up?q=%22listens+well%22">Singleton</a> (1970)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who notes well what he hears.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dantesinferno00dant/page/126/mode/2up?q=%22listens+well%22">Musa</a> (1971)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who takes note of this has listened well.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/lccn_83048678/page/136/mode/2up?q=%22takes+note+of+this%22">Mandelbaum</a> (1980)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Those are the words of a good listener!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant/page/108/mode/2up?q=%22good+listener%22">Sisson</a> (1981)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who has listened well will understand.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/infernoofdantene00dant/page/122/mode/2up?q=%22listened+well%22">Pinsky</a> (1994)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who takes note.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda0001dant_u1l7/page/234/mode/2up?q=%22listens+well%22">Durling</a> (1996)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens closely, who notes it.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/DantInf15to21.php#anchor_Toc64094702:~:text=He%20listens%20closely%2C%20who%20notes%20it.">Kline</a> (2002)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>"Those listen well," he said, "who take good note."</a><br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant_l7y1/page/68/mode/2up?q=%22those+listen+well%22">Kirkpatrick</a> (2006)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He listens well who takes in what he hears.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?LANG=2&INP_POEM=Inf&INP_SECT=15&INP_START=99&INP_LEN=1"> Hollander/Hollander</a> (2007)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">It's good</a><br>
To hear such words, for they are truly profound.</a><br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy/WZyBj-s9PfsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22hear%20such%20words%22">Raffel</a> (2010)]</blockquote></a><br>
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