I know this is a major cultural artifact but it's bad for the community. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Love, which absolves no one beloved from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as you see, it has not… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
No man may be so cursed by priest or pope but what the Eternal Love may still return while any thread of… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“As at those words did I myself become; And all my love was so absorbed in Him, That in oblivion Beatrice was… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.” — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Love is the source of every virtue in you and of every deed which deserves punishment. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
I saw within Its depth how It conceives All things in a single volume bound by Love of which the universe is… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
He whom you see-along the downward arc- was William, and the land that mourns his death, for living Charles and Frederick, now… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Here my powers rest from their high fantasy, but already I could feel my being turned- instinct and intellect balanced equally. as… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“He, in his love songs, and his tales in prose, was without peer--and if fools claim Limoges produced a better, there are… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Well do I see how the Eternal Ray, which, once seen, kindles love forevermore, already shines on you. If on your way… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
"The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way light rushes into a transparent object. The more… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
I am the way into the city of woe. I am the way to a forsaken people. I am the way into… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor,… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“Thus it was up to God, to Him alone in His own ways - by one or both, I say - to… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar. — 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