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
courage towers tempest
Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti. Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock.
dark journey path
At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost...
silence deeds should
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
life mutual
Love, which insists that love shall mutual be.
men corn fields
In judgement be ye not too confident, Even as a man who will appraise his corn When standing in a field, ere it is ripe.
stars destiny heaven
If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of glorious heaven.
life soul sorrow
This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.
men hue fame
A man's renown is like the hue of grass, Which comes and goes.
imagination ears sound
Imagination, that dost so abstract us That we are not aware, not even when A thousand trumpets sound about our ears!
Apparuit iam beatitudo vestra,
endure abandon eternal
Before me things created were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
ugly pals ass
You can stay and die or you can walk your ugly ass back through that gate. It's your call, pal.
please-me knowing doubt
Doubting pleases me no less than knowing
long made familiar
Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar.