Dante Alighieri Quotes
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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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Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar.
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The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact.
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The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and likewise pain.
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A backward glance can often lift the heart.
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They yearn for what they fear for.
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Non è il mondan romore altro ch'un fiatodi vento, ch'or vien quinci e or vien quindi,e muta nome perché muta lato.
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The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
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Vedi l'erbette, i fiori e li arbuscelliche qui la terra sol da sé produce.
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Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like, this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn (the thought of it brings back all my old fears), a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer. But if I would show the good that came of it I must talk about things other than the good.
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Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words.
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He who know most grieves most for wasted time.
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My course is set for an uncharted sea.
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Astrology, the noblest of sciences.
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If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
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…all things created have an order in themselves, and this begets the form that lets the universe resemble God.
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How come I never meet any nice girls?
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Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.
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Incontanente intesi e certo fuiche questa era la setta d'i cattivia Dio spiacenti e a' nemici sui.
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So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that moment this ancient rock, here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.
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And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.
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It is no learning to understand what you do not retain.
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Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.
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You can stay and die or you can walk your ugly ass back through that gate. It's your call, pal.