547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.

O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.

When we encountered a band of souls coming along the barrier, and each was gazing at us in the evening people gaze at one another under the new moon

Blessed are the peacemakers, For they have freed themselves from sinful wrath.

He is, most of all, l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.

To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists her sails, as she leaves behind her a sea so cruel.

The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long.

I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?

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