Quotes from Dante Alighieri

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality.

The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crises maintain their neutrality.

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

The path to paradise begins in hell.

There is no greater sorrow Than to recall a happy time When miserable.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.

Here must all distrust be left behind; all cowardice must be ended.

Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.

Thou shalt prove how salt is the taste of another's bread and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs.

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 of liberty is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.

O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?

If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of a glorious haven.

The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of the will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed.

Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.

The Infinite Goodness has such wide arms that it takes whatever turns to it.

It was now the hour that turns back the longing of seafarers and melts their hearts, the day they have bidden dear friends farewell, and pierces the new traveler with love if he hears in the distance the bell that seems to mourn the dying day.

Pure and disposed to mount unto the stars.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes]