Dante Alighieri Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Blood Quotes

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

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The purpose of the whole [the Comedy] and of this portion [the Paradiso] is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness.

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Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness

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... Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.)

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Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar.

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They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path.

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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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Small projects need much more help than great.

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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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This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.

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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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But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.

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

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The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and likewise pain.

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I wept not — so to stone I grew within.

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Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary

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He who shall never be divided from me kissed my mouth all trembling.

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Justice does not descend from its own pinnacle.

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I love to doubt as well as know.

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The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. [This miserable mode Maintain the melancholy souls of those Who lived withouten infamy or praise.]

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