Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On Fire. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy More Quotes by Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy More Quotes From Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I shall endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy There is no greater sorrowThan to be mindful of the happy timeIn misery. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy