O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below! — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“your soul is sunken in that cowardice that bears down many men, turning their course and resolution by imagined perils, as his… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightfoward pathway had been lost. Ah me! How hard a thing is to… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
In that part of the book of my memory before the which is little that can be read, there is a rubric, saying, Incipit… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Be as a tower, that, firmly set, Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!” — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
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… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
The purpose of the whole (work) is to remove those who are living in this life from a state of wretchedness and lead them… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Noi leggeveamo un giorno per diletto Di Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse; Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto Per più fiate gli occhi ci… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
