Dante Alighieri Quotes

The wish to hear such baseness is degrading.

I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?

…I am left with lessthan one drop of my blood that does not tremble.I recognize the the signs of the old flame.

Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde

And what will bow your shoulders downwill be the vicious and worthless company with whom you will fall into this abyss.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.

Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft, Why fall ye thus before a little wind?

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

Ail hope abandon ye who enter here.

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder.

The experience of this sweet life.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery--

It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]

The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.

The path to paradise begins in hell.