Dante Alighieri Quotes
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Voi vigilate ne l'etterno die.
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The devil is not as black as he is painted.
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Genus vero philosophie, sub quo hic in toto et parte proceditur, est morale negotium, sive ethica; quia non ad speculandum, sed ad opus inventum est totum et pars.
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Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state, perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and here were every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which poets sing.
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Eternal love made me.
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Without hope we live in desire.
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There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by the Sun;in the glory of his shining our hearts poureda bitter smoke. Sullen were we begun;sullen we lie forever in this ditch.'This litany they gargle in their throatsas if they sand, but lacked the words and pitch.
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Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.
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Doubting pleases me no less than knowing.
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... Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.)
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The heavens call to you, and circle about you, displaying to you their eternal splendors, and your eye gazes only to earth.
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He is, most of all, l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.
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They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that of Pride, the proud are learning humility: Our Father, dwelling in the Heavens, nowise As circumscribed, but as the things above, Thy first effects, are dearer in Thine eyes, Hallowed Thy name be and the Power thereof, By every creature, as right meet it is We praise the tender effluence of Thy love. Let come to us, let come Thy kingdom's peace.
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Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.
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Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow.
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If you're asking for a date, forget it. 'Cause I make it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head!
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Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa...e così esser l'un sanza l'altro osacom'alma razional sanza ragione.
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O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.
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Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy.
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As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.
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Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.
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Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
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My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates.
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There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolge, of an iron hue, Like to the wall that circles it about.