Before me nothing was created but eternal things and I endure eternally. Abandon every hope, ye that enter. - Dante Alighieri

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Before me nothing was created but eternal things and I endure eternally. Abandon every hope, ye that enter.

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About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Sandro Botticelli (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Dante Durante degli Alighieri Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri

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Additional quotes by Dante Alighieri

Noi siam venuti al loco ov'i' t'ho detto
che tu vedrai le genti dolorose
c'hanno perduto il ben de l'intelletto.

We to the place have come, where I have told thee
Thou shalt behold the people dolorous
Who have foregone the good of intellect.

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