Dante Alighieri Quotes

Viva! Viva a maravilhosa vida que há em si! Não perca nada! Busque sempre sensações novas! Não tenha medo de nada!... Um novo hedonismo: eis o que ao nosso século é preciso.

Nove fiate già appresso lo mio nascimento era tornato lo cielo de la luce quasi a uno medesimo punto, quanto a la sua propria girazione, quando a li miei occhi apparve prima la gloriosa donna de la mia mente, la quale fu chiamata da molti Beatrice, li quali non sapeano che si chiamare.

I am the way into the city of woe,
I am the way into eternal pain,
I am the way to go among the lost.

Justice caused my high architect to move,
Divine omnipotence created me,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.

Before me there were no created things
But those that last forever — as do I.
Abandon all hope you who enter here.

[...] when once our footsteps are set firm upon the melancholic shores of Acheron.

Estos fueron clérigos, los que tienen la coronilla pelada en la cabeza, y Papas y Cardenales, a quienes de la avaricia los doblegó la soberbia.

»Toda cosa se teme solamente »por su potencia de dañar dotada: »cuando no hay daño, miedo no se siente.

The poets leave hell and again behold the stars.

Los echa el cielo, porque menos bello no sea, y el infierno los rechaza, pues podrían dar gloria a los caídos.» 42 Y

Come, quando i vapori umidi e spessi
A diradar cominciansi, la spera
Del sol debilemente entra per essi....

The experience of this sweet life.

El que va en busca de la verdad, sin conocer el arte de encontrarla, hace el viaje peor que en vano, porque no vuelve tal como fué;

Hence we may overthrow the error of those who think to form the moral character of others by speaking well and doing ill; forgetting that the hands of Jacob were more persuasive with his father than his words, though his hands deceived and his voice spake truth.

When any of our faculties retains
a strong impression of delight or pain,
the soul will wholly concentrate on that,
neglecting any other power it has;
and thus, when something seen
or heard secures the soul in stringent grip,
time moves and yet we do not notice it.

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

öyle üzgündü ki onları dinleyen Beatrice,
ondan üzgün olamazdı
çarmıhın dibindeki Meryem bile.