Quotes by Dante Alighieri

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Durante degli Alighieri is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
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All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

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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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Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.

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Thy soul is by vile fear assailed

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There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.

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The mind which is created quick to love, is responsive to everything that is pleasing, soon as by pleasure it is awakened into activity. Your apprehensive faculty draws an impression from a real object, and unfolds it within you, so that it makes the...

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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 ...

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

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Nature is the art of God.

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Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

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It has always been this way. Death is followed by birth. To reach paradise, man must pass through inferno. - Bertrand Zobrist

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Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity

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I am the shade. Through the dolent city, i flee. Through the eternal woe, i take flight..

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Ain't nothing going to eat you while Bubba's around." Caleb laughed. "They might toy with him for a bit but he won't let any past." Caleb to Nick. "Is something wrong?" Nick to Bubba "Nah... I just..." Bubba nervous. "Please, God, Bubba, tell me you'...

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If passion was a substance I would say it is dark brown, and then blood red. It's like wet grass, tons of it soaked in mud. It's warm and it stinks like shit and it's unaccountably and endlessly good. It's thick and it goes on for miles and it isn't ...

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Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

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It can be stolen, but never bought. It can be given, but never taken. It can be stepped on, but cannot walk . It can fly, but has no wings. It can sing, but has no voice. It can be broken, but still it work s. It can be left, even while it follows. A...

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Pape Satan, Pape Satan, Aleppe!

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Through me is the way to the city of woe. Through me is the way to sorrow eternal. Through me is the way to the lost below. Justice moved my architect supernal. I was constructed by divine power, supreme wisdom, and love primordial. Before me no crea...

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Author Bio

  • NameDante Alighieri
  • DescriptionItalian poet
  • AliasesDante
  • Born1265
  • DiedSeptember 14, 1321
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionPoet; Politician; Philosopher; Political Theorist; Writer