Dante Alighieri Quotes
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Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore e costumato a la sua segnoria
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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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No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, For they have freed themselves from sinful wrath.
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Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.
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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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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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No one thinks of how much blood it costs.
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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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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
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Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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Follow your own star!
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La dimanda onestasi de' seguir con l'opera tacendo.
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There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
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Superbia, invidia e avarizia sonole tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi.
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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.
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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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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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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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From a little spark may burst a flame.
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Dà oggi a noi la cotidiana manna,sanza la qual per questo aspro disertoa retro va chi più di gir s'affanna.
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One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.
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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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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.