547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

Segui il tuo corso et lascia dir les genti (Follow your road and let the people say)

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

He who know most grieves most for wasted time.

They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.

This miserable way is taken by the sorry souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise. They now commingle with the coward angels, the company of those who were not rebels nor faithful to their God, but stood apart. The heavens, that their beauty not be lessened, have cast them out, nor will deep Hell receive them - even the wicked cannot glory in them.

Reason flies When following the senses, on clipped wings.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.