Pier della Vigna's real confession

The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides, c. 1824–7. William Blake, Tate. A scene from the Divine Comedy: Dante and Virgil discover Pietro's body encased in a tree.

Ingiusto fece me contra me giusto. My deed made me unjust against my own just self. I am the one who wrote this, or am I the one who did this? Who cares? I am both actor a…