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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There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist

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The wish to hear such baseness is degrading.

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So long as they speak your name, you shall never die.

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Alema said, 'Are you mad?' Ship thought it probably was, since it was beginning to take liking to her, but that was beside the point. The Emperor-to-Be was trying to break free; all they needed to do was open a hole for him. 'Us and what fleet?' Ship...

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Tempat tergelap di neraka dicadangkan untuk mereka yang tetap bersikap netral disaat krisis moral

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Forgive them, you might say, for they know not what they do. But there comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense, a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve.

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There is no greater sorrow than thinking back upon a happy time in misery--

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All those who perish in the wrath of God   Here meet together out of every land; And ready are they to pass o'er the river,   Because celestial Justice spurs them on,   So that their fear is turned into desire. This way there never passes a goo...

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It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]

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Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

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Malphas surveyed the women's bodies with utter disgust and sorrow until he realized Tabitha was still alive. He knelt by her side and cradled her head tenderly. "Tabby... I'm so sorry" Grimacing she opened her eyes as she labored to breathe. She laug...

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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 th...

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Am I too late?" Caleb asked as he joined them. "Did he do something stupid?" "Yeah. On both counts." Tristan stalked past Nick.

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Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona, Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..." "Love, which q...

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It is arguable that when Humanists, "Shook off," as people say, "the trammels of religion," and discovered things of this world as objects of veneration in their own right... they began to lose the finer appreciation of even the world itself. Thus to...

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Haste denies all acts their dignity.

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Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.

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God's greatest gift to man In all the bounty He was moved to make Throughout creation-the one gift the most Close to his goodness and the one He calls Most precious-is free will.

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My son, you've seen the temporary fire and the eternal fire; you have reached the place past which my powers cannot see. I've brought you here through intellect and art; from now on, let your pleasure be your guide; you're past the steep and past the...

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If you, free as you are of every weight had stayed below, then that would be as strange as living flame on earth remaining still." And then she turned her gaze up toward the heavens.

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That infinite and indescribable good which is there above races as swiftly to love as a ray of light to a bright body. It gives of itself according to the ardor it finds, so that as charity spreads farther the eternal good increases upon it, and the ...

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Author Bio

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