Dante Alighieri quotes

Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher, best known for his epic poem "The Divine Comedy." His work laid the foundation for modern Italian language and literature. He is recognized as one of the greatest literary figures of the Middle Ages. Here are 171 of his quotes:

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. (Dante Alighieri)
Follow your path, and let the people talk. View quote
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The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality. View quote
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Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. View quote
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Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions. View quote
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Love that moves the sun and the other stars. View quote
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Consider your breed you were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge. View quote
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A great flame follows a little spark. View quote
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He listens well who takes notes. View quote
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You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs. View quote
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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)
Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here. View quote
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A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. View quote
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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! View quote
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O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? View quote
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If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But since no one has returned from these depths alive, if what I've heard is true, I will answer you without fear of infamy. View quote
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Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars. View quote
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Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always. View quote
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The secret of getting things done is to act! View quote
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Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground. View quote
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Beauty awakens the soul to act. (Dante Alighieri)
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought. View quote
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The more a thing is perfect, the more if feels pleasure and pain. View quote
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And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes. View quote
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Lying in a featherbed will not bring you fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water. View quote
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Occupation: Italian Poet
Born: May 23, 1265
Died: September 5, 1321
Quotes count: 171
Wikipedia: Dante Alighieri

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