Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
—Dante Alighieri
I am searching for that which every man seeks—peace and rest.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Aspirations, Goals
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crises, maintain their neutrality.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Dedication, Morals, Commitment
This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Life, Living, Class
Often a retrospect delights the mind.
—Dante Alighieri
Art, as far as it has the ability, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master, so that art must be, as it were, a descendant of God.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Art
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Memory
Think that this day will never dawn again.
—Dante Alighieri
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
—Dante Alighieri
From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Greatness, One Step at a Time
These have not the hope to die.
—Dante Alighieri
Topics: Dying, Death
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