Dante Alighieri Quotes
Dante Alighieri was born in May 21, 1265 in Florence, Italy. Dante was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. His poem ‘La commedia’, later named ‘La divina commedia’ (The Divine Comedy) is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
Dante Alighieri was instrumental in establishing the literature of Italy, and his depictions of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art. He is described as the “father” of the Italian language. In Italy, he is often referred to as il Sommo Poeta “the Supreme Poet”. Dante died September 1321, in Ravenna, Italy.
In this article, you will find a collection of famous Dante Alighieri quotes and sayings.
75 Popular Dante Alighieri Quotes About Life & Love
There is no greater sorrow Than to recall a happy time When miserable.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.― Dante Alighieri Quote
In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The path to paradise begins in hell.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.― Dante Alighieri Quote
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.― Dante Alighieri Quote
O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?― Dante Alighieri Quote
And we came forth to contemplate the stars.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Open your mind to what I shall disclose, and hold it fast within you; he who hears, but does not hold what he has heard, learns nothing.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Nature is the art of God.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground― Dante Alighieri Quote
As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.― Dante Alighieri Quote
But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.― Dante Alighieri Quote
It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God’s own love first set in motion those fair things― Dante Alighieri Quote
At grief so deep the tongue must wag in vain; the language of our sense and memory lacks the vocabulary of such pain.― Dante Alighieri Quote
I, answering in the end, began: ‘Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?― Dante Alighieri Quote
I found myself within a forest dark,― Dante Alighieri Quote
All things created have an order in themselves, and this begets the form that lets the universe resemble God.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false semblance in the twilight gloom.― Dante Alighieri Quote
So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that moment this ancient rock, here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars― Dante Alighieri Quote
One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria…― Dante Alighieri Quote
I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into confusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.― Dante Alighieri Quote
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.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Love insists the loved loves back― Dante Alighieri Quote
Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.― Dante Alighieri Quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always― Dante Alighieri Quote
In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.― Dante Alighieri Quote
L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The devil is not as black as he is painted.― Dante Alighieri Quote
They yearn for what they fear for.― Dante Alighieri Quote
There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.― Dante Alighieri Quote
A mighty flame follows a tiny spark.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Love, that moves the sun and the other stars― Dante Alighieri Quote
Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire.― Dante Alighieri Quote
For she doth make my veins and pulses tremble.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words― Dante Alighieri Quote
Now you know how much my love for you burns deep in me when I forget about our emptiness, and deal with shadows as with solid things.― Dante Alighieri Quote
There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.― Dante Alighieri Quote
I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath― Dante Alighieri Quote
The experience of this sweet life.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Love, which absolves no one beloved from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as you see, it has not left me yet. Love brought us to one death.― Dante Alighieri Quote
In each fire there is a spirit; Each one is wrapped in what is burning him.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Justice does not descend from its own pinnacle.― Dante Alighieri Quote
If you follow your natural bent;you will definitely go to heaven― Dante Alighieri Quote
We were men once, though we’ve become trees― Dante Alighieri Quote
Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity whcih spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The well heeded well heard.― Dante Alighieri Quote
A rapid bolt will rend the clouds apart, and every single White be seared by wounds. I tell you this. I want it all to hurt.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Soon you will be where your own eyes will see the source and cause and give you their own answer to the mystery.― Dante Alighieri Quote
And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Faith is the substance of the things we hope for, And evidence of those that are not seen…― Dante Alighieri Quote
Love, that exempts no one beloved from loving, seized me with pleasure of this man so strongly, that, as thou seest, it doth not yet desert me.― Dante Alighieri Quote
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Fate’s arrow, when expected, travels slow.― Dante Alighieri Quote
This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.― Dante Alighieri Quote
The poets leave hell and again behold the stars.― Dante Alighieri Quote
As the geometer intently seeks to square the circle, but he cannot reach, through thought on thought, the principle he needs, so I searched that strange sight.― Dante Alighieri Quote
There, pride, avarice, and envy are the tongues men know and heed, a Babel of depsair― Dante Alighieri Quote
Here pity only lives when it is dead – Virgil― Dante Alighieri Quote
As phantoms frighten beasts when shadows fall.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Segui il tuo corso et lascia dir les genti (Follow your road and let the people say)― Dante Alighieri Quote
I wept not, so to stone within I grew.― Dante Alighieri Quote
In His will, our peace.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.― Dante Alighieri Quote
From there we came outside and saw the stars― Dante Alighieri Quote
Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people― Dante Alighieri Quote
Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge.― Dante Alighieri Quote
Beauty awakens the soul to act.― Dante Alighieri Quote