Quotes by Dante Alighieri
8 quotes by Dante Alighieri (died 1321), taken from 2 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: The Divine Comedy and The New Life.
The Divine Comedy
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“Consider ye the seed from which ye sprang; Ye were not made to live like unto brutes, But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge.”
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“But now was turning my desire and will, Even as a wheel that equally is moved, The Love which moves the sun and the other stars.”
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“Come after me, and let the people talk; Stand like a steadfast tower, that never wags Its top for all the blowing of the winds;”
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“Light intellectual replete with love, Love of true good replete with ecstasy, Ecstasy that transcendeth every sweetness.”
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“To run o’er better waters hoists its sail The little vessel of my genius now, That leaves behind itself a sea so cruel;”
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“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
The New Life
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“Love and the gentle heart are one same thing.”
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“My lady looks so gentle and so pure When yielding salutation by the way, That the tongue trembles and has nought to say, And the eyes, which fain would see, may not endure.”