Dante Alighieri Quotes
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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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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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... 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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There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.
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The devil is not as black as he is painted.
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Eternal love made me.
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To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.
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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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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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Doubting pleases me no less than knowing.
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Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.
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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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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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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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Without hope we live in desire.
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Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
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Many have justice in their hearts, but slowly it is let fly, for it comes not without council to the bow.
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If you give people light, they will find their own way.
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If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair hands, t o please me when I stand before the mirror; my sister Rachel sits all the day long before her own, and never moves away. She loves to contemplate her lovely eyes; I love to use my hands to adorn myself: her joy is in reflection, mine in act.
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There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.
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Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow.
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What shall one do with the verse, if he knows not That?
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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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I care not where my body may take me as long as my soul is embarked on a meaningful journey.