Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìaand later christened Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
CountryItaly
life heart gentle
Love, that all gentle hearts so quickly know.
flames sparks risen
From a small spark, Great flame has risen.
strong men innocence
Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.
inspirational christian believe
O you proud Christians, wretched souls and small,/ Who by the dim lights of your twisted minds/ Believe you prosper even as you fall,/ Can you not see that we are worms, each one/ Born to become the angelic butterfly/ That flies defenseless to the Judgement Throne?
deeds-done deeds done
Deed done is well begun.
art grandchildren able
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
pride men envy
There, pride, avarice, and envy are the tongues men know and heed, a Babel of depsair
party drink babe
You sure know how to throw a party! No food, no drinks, and the only babe just left.
dark journey savages
Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like, this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn (the thought of it brings back all my old fears), a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer. But if I would show the good that came of it I must talk about things other than the good.
past punishment lust
The infernal storm, eternal in its rage, sweeps and drives the spirits with its blast; it whirls them, lashing them with punishment. When they are swept back past their place of judgment then come the shrieks, laments, and anguished cries; there they blaspheme God's almighty power.
essence two arrows
Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.
ice fire heaven
Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.
laughter laughing ease
He is not always at ease who laughs.
may merit seeds
Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone.