547 Quotes by Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery

Through her full easily is comprehended How long in woman lasts the fire of love, If eye or touch do no relight it often

Open thy mind; take in what I explain and keep it there; because to understand is not to know, if thou dost not retain...

There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.

Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.

Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.

And what will bow your shoulders downwill be the vicious and worthless company with whom you will fall into this abyss.

Put off this sloth,' the master said, 'for shame!Sitting on feather-pillows, lying reclined Beneath the blanket is no way to fame -Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind, Leaving on earth no more memorialThan foam in water or smoke upon the wind

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.