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Natural ragione è di ciascuno che ci nasce, la sua vita,
quanto può, aiutare e conservare e difendere.

Every person born into this world has a natural right to sustain, preserve, and defend his own life to the best of his ability.

Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (c. 1350), “First Day,” Introduction (tr. G. H. McWilliam).

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