Dante Alighieri Quotes, Language Quotes, Muse Quotes

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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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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From a small spark, Great flame has risen.

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There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

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Here my powers rest from their high fantasy, but already I could feel my being turned- instinct and intellect balanced equally. as in a wheel whose motion nothing jars- by the Love that moves the Sun and the other stars.

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As phantoms frighten beasts when shadows fall.

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Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.

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Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.

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Love, who insists that love shall mutual be, Link'd me to him with charm strong as our fates; Even now it leaves me not, as thou dost see.

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O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

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

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Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible.

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O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore!

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

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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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Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes]

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The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.

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Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.

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I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?

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