| 33 Famous Quotes by Dante ("Dante Alighieri")
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“Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all
hearts.
[It., Superbia, invidia ed avarizia sono
Le tre faville che hanno i cori accesi.]”
Evil Quotes Source: Inferno (VI, 74)
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“It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil
spirit of man.”
Evil Quotes Source: Inferno (VI, 74)
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“Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.”
Eyes Quotes Source: Paradiso (XVIII, 21)
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“Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone.
[It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme.]”
Eyes Quotes Source: Purgatorio (XXXII, 31)
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“O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,
Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]”
Conscience Quotes Source: Purgatorio (III, 8)
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“So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience,
that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth,
[It., Se toso grazia risolva le schiume
Di vostra conscienza, si che chiaro
Per essa scenda della mente il fiume.]”
Conscience Quotes Source: Purgatorio (XIII, 88)
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“Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.”
Conscience Quotes Source: Purgatorio (XIII, 88)
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“The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts not long.
[It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato
Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,
E muta nome, perche muta lato.]”
Fame Quotes Source: Purgatorio (XI, 100)
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“All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies;
because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with
parching power.
[It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba,
Che viene e va; e quei la discolora
Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.]”
Fame Quotes Source: Purgatorio (XI, 115)
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“Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]”
Courage Quotes Source: Purgatorio (V, 14)
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“Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]”
Justice Quotes Source: Purgatorio (VI, 37)
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“Go forth and preach impostures to the world,
But give them truth to build on.”
Preaching Quotes Source: Vision of Paradise (canto XXIX)
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“The vesper bell from far
That seems to mourn for the expiring day.”
Bells Quotes Source: Purgatorio (canto 8, l. 6)
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“From little spark may burst a mighty flame.”
Results Quotes Source: Paradise (canto I, l. 34)
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“Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize
our age.”
Results Quotes Source: Paradise (canto I, l. 34)
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“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]”
Hope Quotes Source: Inferno (III, 1, 9)
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“Still desiring, we live without hope.
[It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]”
Hope Quotes Source: Inferno (IV, 42)
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“There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the wall that circles it about.”
Hell Quotes Source: Inferno (canto XVIII, l. 1)
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“Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.”
Companionship Quotes Source: Inferno (XXII, 13)
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“The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]”
Ambition Quotes Source: Inferno (canto III, LX), supposedly referring to Celestive V, elected Pope in 1294
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“It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.
[It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]”
Necessity Quotes Source: Inferno (XII, 87)
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“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.”
Necessity Quotes Source: Inferno (XII, 87)
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“O how far remov'd,
Predestination! is thy foot from such
As see not the First Cause entire: and ye,
O mortal men! be wary how ye judge:
For we, who see the Maker, know not yet
The number of the chosen; and esteem
Such scantiness of knowledge our delight:
For all good is, in that primal good,
Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.”
Doctrine Quotes Source: Vision of Paradise (canto XX, l. 122)
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“Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]”
Art Quotes Source: Inferno (XI, 103)
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“Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]”
Art Quotes Source: Inferno (XI, 103)
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