Dante Alighieri Quotes
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He whom you see-along the downward arc- was William, and the land that mourns his death, for living Charles and Frederick, now laments; now he has learned how Heaven loves the just ruler, and he would show this outwardly as well, so radiantly visible.
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...ma gia volgena il mio disio e'l velle si come rota ch'igualmente e mossa, l'amor che move: i sole e l'altre stelle ...as a wheel turns smoothtly, free from jars, my will and my desire were turned by love, The love that moves the sun and the other stars.
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Do not desert me when I need you most. And if we can't go on together, let's retrace our steps as quickly as we can.
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Thou shall know by experience how salt the savor is of others' bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs.
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The mouse had fallen in with evil cats.
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Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people.
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What shall one do with the verse, if he knows not That?
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Three sparks - pride, envy, and avarice - have been kindled in all hearts.
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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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Doubting pleases me no less than knowing.
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I care not where my body may take me as long as my soul is embarked on a meaningful journey.
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Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.
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Without hope we live in desire.
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Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.
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My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates.
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Go right on and listen as thou goest.
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Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide.
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Love with delight discourses in my mind Upon my lady's admirable gifts... Beyond the range of human intellect.
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The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long.
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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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If you give people light, they will find their own way.
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Oh blind! Oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity which spurs us so in the short mortal life and steeps us so through all eternity!
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Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.
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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.