547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

Through me you go to the grief wracked city; Through me you go to everlasting pain; Through me you go a pass among lost souls. Justice inspired my exalted Creator: I am a creature of the Holiest Power, of Wisdom in the Highest and of Primal Love. Nothing till I was made was made, only eternal beings. And I endure eternally. Surrender as you enter, every hope you have.

And he began, "What chance or destinyhas brought you here before your final day?And who is he who leads your pilgrimage?""Up there in life beneath the quiet starsI lost my way," I answered, "in a valley,before I'd reached the fullness of my age.I turned my shoulders on it yesterday:this soul appeared as I was falling back,and by the road through Hell he leads me home.""Follow your star and you will never fail to find your glorious port," he said to me

И я, с главою, ужасом стесненной:"Чей это крик? — едва спросить посмел. —Какой толпы, страданьем побежденной?"И вождь в ответ: "То горестный уделТех жалких душ, что прожили, не знаяНи славы, ни позора смертных дел.И с ними ангелов дурная стая,Что, не восстав, была и не вернаВсевышнему, средину соблюдая.Их свергло небо, не терпя пятна;И пропасть Ада их не принимает,Иначе возгордилась бы вина".(Песнь третья, "Ад")

Pape Satan, Pape Satan, Aleppe!

There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery--

I made my own house be my gallows.

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

Your life is breathed forth immediately/ by the Chief Good, who so enamors it/ of His own self that it desires Him always.

I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.