O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men!… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Like the lark that soars in the air, first singing, then silent, content with the last sweetness that satiates it, such seemed… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
To get back up to the shining world from there My guide and I went into that hidden tunnel, And Following its… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
The three Divine are in this hierarchy, First the Dominions, and the Virtues next; And the third order is that of the… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that… — 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