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And here Dante describes an evidently spherical world... "The lamp of the world [the sun] rises to mortals through different passages; but through that which… — Dante Alighieri
Dante.Oh,Dante.Seal me!Seal me so hard!.He grabs my hips andpumps his toward mine.Oh,Dante! You're so hot when you seal souls.I shove my idiot-of-a-best-friend off me and… — Victoria Scott
We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely necessary for… — C.S. Lewis
You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete that monument is… — George Bernard Shaw
Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are… — Gustav Stresemann
Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody always. Every single verse is very moving, and the beauty -… — Roberto Benigni
The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid.... I'd… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If Dante was writing The Divine Comedy in 2013, he might very well have set part of it in the suburbs. — Joshua Mohr
Fish seem to be rather conservative around this bay, one seldom catches enough to form the fundamental basis for a lie. Dante left out one… — Thomas A. Edison
In Scripture the visitation of an angel is always alarming; it has to begin by saying 'Fear not.' The Victorian angel looks as if it… — Kathryn Lindskoog
Even when I feared and detested Christianity, I was struck by its essential unity, which, in spite of its divisions, it has never lost. I… — C.S. Lewis
Not like Homer would I write, Not like Dante if I might, Not like Shakespeare at his best, Not like Goethe or the rest, Like… — William Allingham
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the… — Ben Nicholson
Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the… — Carl Sandburg
In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare… — Lytton Strachey
Law of the jungle. The betrayee gets to eat the betrayer. --Dante Pontis — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones. — Ray Bradbury
I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. The shallowest people… — William Butler Yeats
Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee! — Madeleine L'Engle
This is insane," I said blankly. "I'm the instrument of an all-powerful primordial deity's wave of chaos and destruction." "That's kind of extreme" said Dante… — Richelle Mead
I disconnected as a sleepy Seth stepped out of the bedroom. “Who’s Dante? Was that a collect call to the Inferno?” “They won’t accept the… — Richelle Mead
Viper: "The dark wizard and I had a mild disagreement." Dante: "What sort of disagreement?" Viper: "I thought he should be dead and he disagreed. — Alexandra Ivy
Let me guess. The big one is due in on the north shore? (Dante) Yes. So let’s make this quick. I have a board, a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If they can’t survive alone for four days once a year, they deserve to die. (Acheron) That’s harsh, for you. (Dante) Harsh? Tell you what,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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