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Dante Alighieri Quotes
 Italian national epic poet

| “ | There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | The experience of this sweet life. L'esperienza de questa dolce vita.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | He listens well who takes notes.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On Fire.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | All hope abandon, ye who enter here!
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | A great flame follows a little spark.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
The Divine Comedy | ” |
| “ | The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. | ” |
| “ | O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall. | ” |

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