Florence

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Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais (c. 1851-2)

“Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty?” (3.1)

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The Souls of Paolo and Francesca (detail) by Gustave Dore (c.1863)

CONDEMNED TO THE second circle of Hell, Francesca da Rimini can spend eternity with her lover, Paolo Malatesta.

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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (detail) by Joshua Reynolds (c. 1775-6)

Made famous by the novel of the same title and the accompanying film The Duchess (2008), Georgiana’s story has captivated me above many others, though I do not believe her story is entirely unique to women of her era.

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“Dost thou stand there already, Boniface?”

-Canto XIX (The Divine Comedy)

Nicholas III mistakes Dante for Pope Boniface VIII

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We should add a “Fuck Buzzfeed” watermark to every post.

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As a person who struggles with depression, I find it to be life’s ultimate irony that my blood type is B-positive.

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I’ve used the letter x more in math than I ever have in English

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missing summer sm rn //:

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Viagra should be classified as a hard drug

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