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1 " Love, that moves the sun and the other stars "
― Dante Alighieri , Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, #3)
2 " Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always "
― Dante Alighieri
3 " There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery "
― Dante Alighieri , The Divine Comedy
4 " The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time. "
5 " Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde "
― Dante Alighieri , The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio
6 " A mighty flame follows a tiny spark. "
7 " Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state,perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and herewere every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which poets sing. "
8 " Open thy mind; take in what I explain and keep it there; because to understand is not to know, if thou dost not retain... "
9 " your soul is sunken in that cowardice that bears down many men, turning their course and resolution by imagined perils, as his own shadow turns the frightened horse. "
― Dante Alighieri , Inferno
10 " Beauty awakens the soul to act. "
11 " Behave like men, and not like witless sheep... "
12 " The wish to hear such baseness is degrading. "
13 " Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft,Why fall ye thus before a little wind? "
14 " I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason. "
15 " Within her presence, I had once been usedto feeling—trembling—wonder, dissolution;but that was long ago. Still, though my soul,now she was veiled, could not see her directly,by way of hidden force that she could move,I felt the mighty power of old love. "
16 " …I am left with lessthan one drop of my blood that does not tremble.I recognize the the signs of the old flame. "
17 " There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness. "
18 " When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder. "
19 " And what will bow your shoulders downwill be the vicious and worthless company with whom you will fall into this abyss. "
20 " There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy. "
