It is no learning to understand what you do not retain. Dante Alighieri More Quotes by Dante Alighieri More Quotes From Dante Alighieri Doubting pleases me no less than knowing Dante Alighieri please-meknowingdoubt It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first set in motion those fair things Dante Alighieri starsmorningfirsts Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire. Dante Alighieri without-hopedesirelost He whom you see-along the downward arc- was William, and the land that mourns his death, for living Charles and Frederick, now laments; now he has learned how Heaven loves the just ruler, and he would show this outwardly as well, so radiantly visible. Dante Alighieri landloveheaven Love hath so long possessed me for his own Dante Alighieri familiarmadelong Perceive ye not that we are worms, designed To form the angelic butterfly, that goes To judgment, leaving all defence behind? Why doth your mind take such exalted pose, Since ye, disabled, are as insects, mean As worm which never transformation knows? Dante Alighieri butterflyleavingmean He who shall never be divided from me kissed my mouth all trembling. Dante Alighieri tremblingmouthssweet What shall one do with the verse, if he knows not That? Dante Alighieri versesifsknows "The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way light rushes into a transparent object. The more love that it finds, the more it gives itself: so that, as we grow clear and open, the more complete the joy of heaven is. And the more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love, and, mirror like, each soul reflects the other. Dante Alighieri lightmirrorsspiritual In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’. Dante Alighieri new-lifememoriesbook Avarice, envy, pride,Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of allOn Fire. Dante Alighieri The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall. Dante Alighieri A great flame follows a little spark. Dante Alighieri Consider your origin you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. Dante Alighieri For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act? Dante Alighieri The experience of this sweet life. L'esperienza de questa dolce vita. Dante Alighieri The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise. Dante Alighieri There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery. Dante Alighieri I wept not, so to stone within I grew. Dante Alighieri weptwithinstonegrew
