Here sighs and cries and shrieks of lamentation echoed throughout the starless air of Hell;at first these sounds resounding made me weep:tongues confused, a language strained in anguishwith cadences o...
There is no greater sorrow
What is it then? Why do you hesitate?Why do you relish living like a coward?Why cannot you be bold and keen to start?
Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity whcih spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.
Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
The path to paradise begins in hell.
My son, you've seen the temporary fireand the eternal fire; you have reachedthe place past which my powers cannot see.I've brought you here through intellect and art;from now on, let your pleasure be...
And now I fell as bodies fall,for dead.
Love, that moves the sun and the other stars
Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprendeprese costui de la bella personache mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona,Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,Che, come ve...
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
And so we made our way across that heap of stones, which often moved beneath my feet because my weight was somewhat strange for them.
Ail hope abandon ye who enter here.
When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder.
Rejoice, Florence, seeing you are so great that over sea and land you flap your wings, and your name is widely known in Hell!
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
We were men once, though we've become trees