Dante Alighieri Quotes
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Will cannot be quenched against its will.
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La dimanda onestasi de' seguir con l'opera tacendo.
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O mortal men, be wary of how ye judge.
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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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Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.
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L'esperîenzadi questa dolce vita.
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Capo ha cosa fatta.
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In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
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Lo pianto stesso lì pianger non lascia,e 'l duol che truova in su li occhi rintoppo,si volge in entro a far crescer l'ambascia.
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Che l'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,Segue, come il Maestro fa il discente,Sì che vostr'arte a Dio quasi è nipote.
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When we encountered a band of souls coming along the barrier, and each was gazing at us in the evening people gaze at one another under the new moon.
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La notte che le cose ci nasconde.
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The purpose of the whole the Comedy and of this portion the Paradiso is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness.
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Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.
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Love, who insists that love shall mutual be, Link'd me to him with charm strong as our fates; Even now it leaves me not, as thou dost see.
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For she doth make my veins and pulses tremble.
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Se orazïone in prima non m'aitache surga sù di cuor che in grazia viva;l'altra che val, che 'n ciel non è udita?
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Do ye not comprehend that we are worms born to bring forth the angelic butterfly that flieth unto judgment without screen?
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Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength.
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Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him.
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Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar.
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Ché tutto l'oro ch'è sotto la lunae che già fu, di quest'anime stanchepoterebbe farne posare una.
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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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The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact.