547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness

One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.

O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below!

A backward glance can often lift the heart.

So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth.

Go right on and listen as thou goest.

O you, who in some pretty boat, Eager to listen, have been following Behind my ship, that singing sails along Turn back to look again upon your own shores; Tempt not the deep, lest unawares, In losing me, you yourselves might be lost. The sea I sail has never yet been passed; Minerva breathes, and pilots me Apollo, And Muses nine point out to me the Bears. You other few who have neck uplifted Betimes to the bread of angels upon Which one lives and does not grow sated, Well may you launch your vessel Upon the deep sea.

O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us.

I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath