Dante Alighieri Quotes, Memories Quotes, Book Quotes

In that part of the book of my memory before the which is little that can be read, there is a rubric, saying, Incipit Vita Nova. Under such rubric I find written many things; and among them the words which I purpose to copy into this little book; if not all of them, at the least their substance.

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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

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And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.

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

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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 devil is not as black as he is painted.

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If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of glorious heaven.

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We have no hope and yet we live in longing.

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

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...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.

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If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair hands, t o please me when I stand before the mirror; my sister Rachel sits all the day long before her own, and never moves away. She loves to contemplate her lovely eyes; I love to use my hands to adorn myself: her joy is in reflection, mine in act.

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Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy.

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We are but a day in this world, and in that day the fashion is changed a thousand times: all seek liberty, yet all deprive themselves of it.

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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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I made my own house be my gallows.

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Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.

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Justice does not descend from its own pinnacle.

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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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O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us.

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

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