Dante Alighieri Quotes

I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightfoward pathway had been lost. Ah me! How hard a thing is to say, what was this forest savage, rough, and stern, which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is little more.

Dante Alighieri

• Death
• Lost
• Forest

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• I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.

  

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• I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightfoward pathway had been lost. Ah me! How hard a thing is to say, what was this forest savage, rough, and stern, which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is little more.

  

  Dante Alighieri
  • Death
  • Lost
  • Forest