547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

E chi avesse voluto conoscere Amore, fare lo potea mirando lo tremare de li occhi miei.

And all the while one spirit uttered this,The other one did weep so, that, for pity,I swooned away as if I had been dying,And fell, even as a dead body falls.

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

Love rules me. It determines what I ask.

God's greatest gift to manIn all the bounty He was moved to makeThroughout creation-the one gift the mostClose to his goodness and the one He callsMost precious-is free will.

Midway along the journey of our lifeI woke to find myself in a dark wood,for I had wandered off from the straight path.How hard it is to tell what it was like,this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn(the thought of it brings back all my old fears),a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer.But if I would show the good that came of itI must talk about things other than the good.

Por ti fui poeta, por ti fui cristiano, mas para que veas mejor lo que te pinto, extenderé las manos a fin de darle más colorido.

O Virgins, sacrosanct, if I have ever, for your sake, suffered vigils,cold,, and hunger, great need makes me entreat my recompense.

Tu se' lo mio maestro e 'l mio autore,tu se' solo colui da cu' io tolsilo bello stilo che m'ha fatto onore.