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
fall light honor
As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.
heart glances lifts
A backward glance can often lift the heart.
humor commitment blow
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
time growing-up loss
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.
lost dies breaths
I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath
stars contemplating
And we came forth to contemplate the stars.
stars moving desire
...ma gia volgena il mio disio e'l velle si come rota ch'igualmente e mossa, l'amor che move: i sole e l'altre stelle ...as a wheel turns smoothtly, free from jars, my will and my desire were turned by love, The love that moves the sun and the other stars.
wisdom games dice
The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.
blessed wrath peacemaker
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they have freed themselves from sinful wrath.
eye heaven wheels
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
perfect treatment good-and-bad
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
freedom choices mind
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.
eternal-love creation made
Eternal love made me.
being-yourself stars inspire
Follow your own star!