Quotes by Dante Alighieri

“The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain.””

“L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.””

“The devil is not as black as he is painted.””

“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.””

“Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprendeprese costui de la bella personache 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 quickly arrests the gentle heart,Seized him with my beautiful formThat was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me.Love, which pardons no beloved from loving,took me so strongly with delight in himThat, as you see, it still abandons me not...””

“Through me you pass into the city of woe:Through me you pass into eternal pain:Through me among the people lost for aye.Justice the founder of my fabric moved:To rear me was the task of power divine,Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.Before me things create were none, save thingsEternal, and eternal I shall endure.All hope abandon, ye who enter here.””

“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.””

“Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge.””

“He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.””

“O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?””

“They yearn for what they fear for.””