Dante Alighieri Quotes, Running Quotes, Sea Quotes

To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.

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Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow.

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In each fire there is a spirit; Each one is wrapped in what is burning him.

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...ma gia volgena il mio disio e'l velle si come rota ch'igualmente e mossa, l'amor che move: i sole e l'altre stelle ...as a wheel turns smoothtly, free from jars, my will and my desire were turned by love, The love that moves the sun and the other stars.

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The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed.

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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.

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Still desiring, we live without hope.

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Do ye not comprehend that we are worms born to bring forth the angelic butterfly that flieth unto judgment without screen?

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No sorrow is deeper than the remembrance of happiness when in misery.

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Everywhere is here and every when is now.

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The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.

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

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I love to doubt as well as know.

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These dwell among the blackest souls,loaded down deep by sins of differing types.If you sink far enough,you'll see them all.

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e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")

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But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars

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O you proud Christians, wretched souls and small,/ Who by the dim lights of your twisted minds/ Believe you prosper even as you fall,/ Can you not see that we are worms, each one/ Born to become the angelic butterfly/ That flies defenseless to the Judgement Throne?

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I presumed to fix my look on the eternal light so long that I consumed my sight thereon.

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At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost.

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There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by the Sun;in the glory of his shining our hearts poureda bitter smoke. Sullen were we begun;sullen we lie forever in this ditch.'This litany they gargle in their throatsas if they sand, but lacked the words and pitch.

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