Dante Alighieri Quotes
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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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I love to doubt as well as know.
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Superbia, invidia e avarizia sonole tre faville c'hanno i cuori accesi.
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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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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
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La notte che le cose ci nasconde.
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Contra miglior voler voler mal pugna; ...
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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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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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The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
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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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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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The glory of the one who moves everything penetrates the universe, and shines in one part more and less elsewhere.
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Give unto us this day the daily manna Without which, in this desert where we dwell, He must go backward who would most advance.
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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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They yearn for what they fear for.
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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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Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.
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Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.