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Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet and a pioneer of the Renaissance, is hailed as the father of Italian literature. Born in 1265 and died on September 14, 1321, Dante is best known for his epic poem, 'The Divine Comedy,' which is not only a great literary work but also a profound religious and philosophical treatise.

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Famous Dante Alighieri Quotes

“For Heaven's justice goads them on, that fear is turned into desire. Hence ne'er hath past Good spirit.”

Book:Dante's Inferno

Source: Dante's Inferno

“Imagination, there on high— To high to breathe free, after such a climb— Had lost its power; but now, just like a wheel That spins so evenly it measures time By space, the deepest wish that I could feel And all my will, were turning with the love That moves the sun and all the stars above.”

Love God Desire Ontology First Cause

Book:The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

Source: The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

“Here powers failed my high imagination: But by now my desire and will were turned, Like a balanced wheel rotated evenly, By the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.”

Love Desire Stars Imagination Transcendence

Book:Paradise

Source: Paradise

“Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground.”

Reason Desire Weak Foolish Flight Mortals

Author:Dante Alighieri

“...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.”

Moving Desire Turns Stars Sun Amor Wheels Sole Jars

Author:Dante Alighieri

“I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?”

Ends Desire Fate Sorrow Yearning Alas

Author:Dante Alighieri

“The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream.”

Men Dream Past Lying Desire Memories Air Fame Smoke Streams Fades Ripple Inferno Memories Fade

Book:The inferno

Source: The inferno

“But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars”

Moving Desire Stars Sun Speed Wheels

Book:The divine comedy

Source: The divine comedy

“Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire.”

Desire Lost Without Hope

Book:The inferno

Source: The inferno

“...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.”

Light Desire Delight Enjoyment

Author:Dante Alighieri

“Without hope we live in desire.”

Desire Without Hope

Book:The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Source: The Divine Comedy: Inferno

About the Author

Born: 1265
Died: September 14, 1321
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 368

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