Dante Alighieri Quotes
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Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore e costumato a la sua segnoria
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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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No one thinks of how much blood it costs.
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I am the way into the city of woe. I am the way to a forsaken people. I am the way into eternal sorrow. Sacred justice moved my architect. I was raised here by divine omnipotence, Primordial love and ultimate intellect. Only those elements time cannot wear Were made before me, and beyond time I stand. Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
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La notte che le cose ci nasconde.
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Superbia, invidia e avarizia sonole tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi.
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Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
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From a little spark may burst a flame.
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They yearn for what they fear for.
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Your fame is as the grass, whose hue comes and goes, and His might withers it by whose power it sprang from the lap of the earth.
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The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it displays its eternal beauties, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth alone.
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'Vexilla regis prodeunt inferniverso di noi; però dinanzi mira,'disse 'l maestro mio, 'se tu 'l discerni.'
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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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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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A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
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Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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Non isperate mai veder lo cielo:i' vegno per menarvi a l'altra rivane le tenebre etterne, in caldo e 'n gelo.
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Open your mind to what I shall disclose, and hold it fast within you; he who hears, but does not hold what he has heard, learns nothing.
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I love to doubt as well as know.
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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
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The devil is not as black as he is painted.
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Contra miglior voler voler mal pugna; ...
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In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’.
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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?