Dante Alighieri Quotes

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.

So that the Universe felt love,
by which, as somebelieve,
the world has many times been turned to chaos.
And at that moment this ancient rock,
here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.

Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.

32 Vedi là Farinata che s'è dritto:

Hasty opinion too often points the wrong way, and then affection for one's own opinion binds up the intellect.

This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.

Christians, be steadier in what you do, not blown like feathers at the wind's discretion, nor think that every water cleanses you...

Who is more arrogant
within his soul, who is more impious
than one who dares to sorrow at God’s judgment?

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

I might then squeeze the juices of my thought more fully out of me

Nessun maggior dolore
che ricordarsi del tempo felice
nella miseria...

Where the way is hardest, there go thou; Follow your own path and let people talk.

Ne li occhi porta la mia donna Amore, per che si fa gentil ciò ch’ella mira; ov’ella passa, ogn’om ver lei si gira, e cui saluta fa tremar lo core, sì che, bassando il viso, tutto smore, e d’ogni suo difetto allor sospira: fugge dinanzi a lei superbia ed ira. Aiutatemi, donne, farle onore. Ogne dolcezza, ogne pensero umile nasce nel core a chi parlar la sente, ond’è laudato chi prima la vide. Quel ch’ella par quando un poco sorride, non si pò dicer né tenere a mente, sì è novo miracolo e gentile.

di qua, di là, di giù, di sù li mena

Here let dead poetry rise once more to life.