Dante Alighieri Quotes

Mă-ntorsei, deci, de la pârâul sfânt
ca nou, asemeni plantei tinerele
când nouă crește-n noul său vestmânt,

curat și gata să mă urc la stele.

all flee from virtue as if it were a snake,
an enemy to all, whether some curse
is on the place or evil habits goad them on,

'and those who live in that unhappy valley
are so altered in their nature it is as though
Circe were grazing them at pasture.

The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into cofusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.

Farinata and Tegghiaio, men of good blood, Jacopo Rusticucci, Arrigo, Mosca, and the others who set their hearts on doing good — where are they now whose high deeds might be-gem the crown of kings? I long to know their fate. Does Heaven soothe or Hell envenom them?

Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona.

O anima cortese mantoana
Di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura,
E durera quanto 'l moto lontana

Poeta fui, e cantai di quel giusto
figliuol d'Anchise che venne di Troia,
poi che 'l superbo Ilión fu combusto.

The hottest places in Hell are reserved for good people who — in times of moral crisis — choose to do nothing.

Ben poco ama colui che ancora può esprimere, a parole, quanto ami.

The ghost of the generous poet replied: ‘If I have understood your words correctly, your spirit is attacked by cowardly fear, that often weighs men down, so that it deflects them from honourable action, like a creature seeing phantoms in the dusk.

Christ did not say to His first congregation:
‘Go and preach twaddle to the waiting world.’
[XXIX:109-110]

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.

Ink to parchment, words to paper, glory to Beatrice.

وهناك لا تتصاعد الشكوى بصراخ بل في حسرات..

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