Necessity brings him here, not pleasure.
[Necessità ‘l ci ‘nduce, e non diletto.]
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet
The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 “Inferno,” Canto 12, l. 87 (12.87) [Virgil] (1309) [tr. Sinclair (1939)]
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Explaining why a living mortal is wandering around Hell. (Source (Italian)). Alternate translations:
Necessity, not Choice, has brought him here.
[tr. Rogers (1782)]
'Twas fate compell'd him, no profane delight.
[tr. Boyd (1802), st. 13]
Thereto induc’d
By strict necessity, not by delight.
[tr. Cary (1814)]
Nor pleasure draws us, but necessity.
[tr. Dayman (1843)]
Necessity brings him to it, and not sport.
[tr. Carlyle (1849)]
Necessity the cause, and not delight.
[tr. Bannerman (1850)]
Necessity compels him, not delight.
[tr. Johnston (1867)]
Necessity, and not delight, impels us.
[tr. Longfellow (1867)]
Necessity leads us on, and not enjoyment.
[tr. Butler (1885)]
Necessity compels us, not delight.
[tr. Minchin (1885)]
Necessity brings him hither and not delight.
[tr. Norton (1892)]
Necessity, not pastime, bringeth him to it.
[tr. Sullivan (1893)]
Necessity doth bring him here, not pastime.
[tr. Griffith (1908)]
Necessity brings him to it, and not whim.
[tr. Binyon (1943)]
Necessity brings him here, not sport nor jest.
[tr. Sayers (1949)]
Fate brings him here, not curiosity.
[tr. Ciardi (1954)]
Necessity brings him to it, and not sport.
[tr. Singleton (1970)]
He travels by necessity, not pleasure.
[tr. Musa (1971)]
Necessity has brought him here, not not pleasure.
[tr. Mandelbaum (1980)]
It is because he must come, not for amusement.
[tr. Sisson (1981)]
It is necessity,
And not pleasure, that puts him on this road.
[tr. Pinsky (1994), ll. 80-81]
Necessity induces us, and not pleasure.
[tr. Durling (1996)]
Necessity brings him here, and not desire.
[tr. Kline (2002)]
Necessity, not pleasure, leads us on.
[tr. Kirkpatrick (2006)]
Necessity compels us, not delight.
[tr. Hollander/Hollander (2007)]
He is brought
Here by necessity, not pleasure.
[tr. James (2013)]
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There are many people who want (or think they want) silence, solitude, and unspoiled nature just enough to push into and destroy all three. They will push as far as, but no farther than, good roads will take them.
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970) American educator, writer, critic, naturalist
Baja California and the Geography of Hope, “Introduction” (1967)
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