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> [Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/mankind-is-at-its-best-when-it-is-most-free-this-will-be-clear-if-we/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

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## More by Dante Alighieri

> [In that part of the book of my memory before the which is little that can be read, there is a rubric, saying, Incipit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/in-that-part-of-the-book-of-my-memory-before-the-which-is-little-that/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [“Be as a tower, that, firmly set, Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/be-as-a-tower-that-firmly-set-shakes-not-its-top-for-any-blast-that/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/pure-essence-and-pure-matter-and-the-two-joined-into-one-were-shot/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/into-the-eternal-darkness-into-fire-and-into-ice/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/o-power-of-fantasy-that-steals-our-minds-from-things-outside-to-leave/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [The purpose of the whole (work) is to remove those who are living in this life from a state of wretchedness and lead them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/the-purpose-of-the-whole-work-is-to-remove-those-who-are-living-in/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [“Noi leggeveamo un giorno per diletto Di Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse; Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto Per più fiate gli occhi ci…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/noi-leggeveamo-un-giorno-per-diletto-di-lancialotto-come-amor-lo/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [Love can move the Sun and the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/love-can-move-the-sun-and-the-stars/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/oh-foolish-desires-of-mortals-how-weak-are-the-reasons-that-lead-us/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [“On march the banners of the King of Hell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/on-march-the-banners-of-the-king-of-hell/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [Seldom indeed does human virtue rise From trunk to branch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/seldom-indeed-does-human-virtue-rise-from-trunk-to-branch/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [All hope abandon, ye who enter here!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/all-hope-abandon-ye-who-enter-here/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [We have no hope and yet we live in longing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/we-have-no-hope-and-yet-we-live-in-longing/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/not-one-drop-of-blood-is-left-inside-my-veins-that-does-not-throb-i/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

> [It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-alighieri/it-is-necessity-and-not-pleasure-that-compels-us/)

[Dante Alighieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-alighieri/)

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