I wept not, so to stone within I grew. Dante Alighieri More Quotes by Dante Alighieri More Quotes From Dante Alighieri All of nature is God's art. Dante Alighieri art Love with delight discourses in my mindUpon my lady's admirable gifts...Beyond the range of human intellect. Dante Alighieri intellectrangedelight I am made of God, through his Grace. Such that your misery touches me not, Nor does flame of that burning assail me. Dante Alighieri flamesgracedoe Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs among the lost. Justice urged on my high artificer; My maker was divine authority, The highest wisdom, and the primal love. Before me nothing but eternal things were made, And I endure eternally. Abandon every hope, ye who enter here. Dante Alighieri painreligiousrunning Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness Dante Alighieri musedestroyinglanguage O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore! Dante Alighieri faithfulfailinglittles Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly. Dante Alighieri kindlesvirtueflames The purpose of the whole [the Comedy] and of this portion [the Paradiso] is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness. Dante Alighieri purposeworklife A prayer may chance to rise From one whose heart lives in the grace of God. A prayer from any other is unheeded. Dante Alighieri graceprayerheart The glory of Him who moves everything penetrates through the universe, and is resplendent in one part more and in another less. Dante Alighieri penetrateglorymoving Behold a God more powerful than I who comes to rule over me. Dante Alighieri powerful The human race is in the best condition when it has the greatest degree of liberty. Dante Alighieri libertymilitaryrace Your fame is as the grass, whose hue comes and goes, and His might withers it by whose power it sprang from the lap of the earth. Dante Alighieri lapearthmight This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs. Dante Alighieri ascentmountaineasier Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people Dante Alighieri paincitiespeople As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force. Dante Alighieri flowerwhitenight Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state, perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and here were every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which poets sing. Dante Alighieri agerootsspring Before me things created were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here. Dante Alighieri abandonendureeternal Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared? Dante Alighieri mankindheartmay These dwell among the blackest souls,loaded down deep by sins of differing types.If you sink far enough,you'll see them all. Dante Alighieri sinsoulenough
