Dante Alighieri Quotes

You did thirst for blood, and with blood I fill you

The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.

And all the while one spirit uttered this, The other one did weep so, that, for pity, I swooned away as if I had been dying, And fell, even as a dead body falls.

It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]

There is no greater sorrowThan to recall a happy timeWhen miserable.

As once I loved you in my mortal flesh, without it now I love you still.

God's greatest gift to manIn all the bounty He was moved to makeThroughout creation-the one gift the mostClose to his goodness and the one He callsMost precious-is free will.

He who knows most grieves most for wasted time.

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

The fair request ought to be followed by the deed in silence.

Art as far as it is able follows nature as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be as it were God's grandchild.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.

Ail hope abandon ye who enter here.

Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

Come follow me and leave the world to its babblings.

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.