This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Class, Living, Life
Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Pride
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Little Things, Things
Abandon all hope, you who enter here!
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Hell
In the middle of the journey of our life
I found myself astray in a dark wood
where the straight road had been lost sight of.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Journeys
Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Light, Follow, Act, Joy, Desire
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Action
Will cannot be quenched against its will.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Will Power, Will, Willpower
There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Grief
He listens well who takes notes.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Listening
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Memory, Remorse, Repentance, Regret
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
—Dante Alighieri
There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Sorrow
Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Shame
From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Greatness, One Step at a Time
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Conscience
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crises, maintain their neutrality.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Morals, Commitment, Dedication
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Fame
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Heaven
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Compassion, Service, Kindness
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Perfection
Consider your breed; you were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Humanity, Humankind
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
—Dante Alighieri
Only experience can show how salt the savor is of others’ bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another’s stairs.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Poverty
Often a retrospect delights the mind.
—Dante Alighieri
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Necessity
I am searching for that which every man seeks—peace and rest.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Serenity, Aspirations, Goals
Think that this day will never dawn again.
—Dante Alighieri
The secret of getting things done is to act!
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Action
In His will is our peace.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: God
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