547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

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    Salvation must grow out of understanding, total understanding can follow only from total experience, and experience must be won by the laborious discipline of shaping one’s absolute attention.

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    Our powers, whether of mind or tongue, cannot embrace that measure of understanding.

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    And what is laughter but a flashing of the soul, that is, a light appearing externally as it is within.

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    There is no greater sorrow... than to be mindful of the happy time.

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    Noble demands, by right, deserve the consequence of silent deeds.

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    Three dispositions adverse to Heaven’s still, – Incontinence, malice, and mad brutishness.

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