All hope abandon, ye who enter here!
Haste denies all acts their dignity.
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.
I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.
There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by the Sun;in the glory of his shining our hearts poureda bitter...
They yearn for what they fear for.
I felt for the tormented whirlwinds
Midway along the journey of our lifeI woke to find myself in a dark wood,for I had wandered off from the straight path.How hard it is to tell what it was like,this wood of wilderness, savage and stubb...
Through me is the way to the city of woe. Through me is the way to sorrow eternal. Through me is the way to the lost below. Justice moved my architect supernal. I was constructed by divine power,supre...
Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Put off this sloth,' the master said, 'for shame!Sitting on feather-pillows, lying reclined Beneath the blanket is no way to fame -Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind, Leaving on earth n...
Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
You did thirst for blood, and with blood I fill you
Your soul has been assailed by cowardice,which often weighs so heavily on a man--distracting him from honorable trials--as phantoms frighten beasts when shadows fall.
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
The secret of getting things done is to act!
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
Noi leggeveamo un giorno per dilettoDi Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse;Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospettoPer più fiate gli occhi ci sospinseQuella lettura, e scolorocci il viso;Ma solo un punto fu...