Dante Alighieri Quotes, Dark Quotes, Journey Quotes

Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like, this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn (the thought of it brings back all my old fears), a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer. But if I would show the good that came of it I must talk about things other than the good.

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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.

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Love and the gentle heart are but the same thing.

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As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.

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Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?

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Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide.

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The three Divine are in this hierarchy, First the Dominions, and the Virtues next; And the third order is that of the Powers. The in the dances twain penultimate The Principalities and Archangels wheel; The last is wholly of angelic sports. These orders upward all of them are gazing, And downward so prevail, that unto God They all attracted are and all attract.

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

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He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves.

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Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

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In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’.

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As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.

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Blessed are the peacemakers, For they have freed themselves from sinful wrath.

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Infinite goodness has such wide arms.

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Hope not ever to see heaven. I come to lead you to the other shore; into the eternal darkness; into fire and ice.

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In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

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Three sparks - pride, envy, and avarice - have been kindled in all hearts.

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Follow your own star!

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Love, that all gentle hearts so quickly know.

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Without hope we live in desire.

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