Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìaand later christened Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
CountryItaly
quilts lying air
Lying in a featherbed will bring you no fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on Earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water.
humor commitment blow
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
pain grief past
There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.
dream powerful fall
As one who sees in dreams and wakes to find the emotional impression of his vision still powerful while its parts fade from his mind - Just such am I, having lost nearly all the vision itself, while in my heart I feel the sweetness of it yet distill and fall.
laughter laughing ease
He is not always at ease who laughs.
mountain ascent easier
This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.
oneness unity needs
Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy.
footprint goodness divine
The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.
dream memories lying
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.
willpower
Will cannot be quenched against its will.
race levels situation
The human race finds itself in a better situation when it has the higher level of freedom.
path faces looks
They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path.
faults shame greater
Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
deeds-done deeds done
Deed done is well begun.