Dante Alighieri Quotes
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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
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Io venni in loco d'ogne luce muto,che mugghia come fa mar per tempesta,se da contrari venti è combattuto.
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Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita,mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,ché la diritta via era smarrita.
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Or tu chi se', che vuo' sedere a scranna,per giudicar di lungi mille migliacon la veduta corta d'una spanna?
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Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende,prese costui de la bella personache mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona,mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona.
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From a little spark may burst a flame.
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There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
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Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.
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Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
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No one thinks of how much blood it costs.
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But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars.
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Superbia, invidia e avarizia sonole tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, For they have freed themselves from sinful wrath.
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Io son colui, che tenni ambo le chiaviDel cor di Federigo, e sì le volsi,Serrando e disserrando, sì soavi.
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Contra miglior voler voler mal pugna; ...
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Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
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The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. This miserable mode Maintain the melancholy souls of those Who lived withouten infamy or praise.
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Follow your own star!
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This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.
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Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti. Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock.
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A maggior forza e a miglior naturaliberi soggiacete; e quella criala mente in voi, che 'l ciel no ha in sua cura.Però, se 'l mondo presente disvia,in voi è la cagione, in voi si cheggia.
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L'uso d'i mortali è come frondain ramo, che sen va e altra vene.
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The three Divine are in this hierarchy, First the Dominions, and the Virtues next; And the third order is that of the Powers. The in the dances twain penultimate The Principalities and Archangels wheel; The last is wholly of angelic sports. These orders upward all of them are gazing, And downward so prevail, that unto God They all attracted are and all attract.