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
moving amor divine-comedy
He is, most of all, l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.
mirrors light race
That infinite and indescribable good which is there above races as swiftly to love as a ray of light to a bright body.It gives of itself according to the ardor it finds, so that as charity spreads farther the eternal good increases upon it,and the more souls there are who love, up there, the more there are to love well, and the more love they reflect to each other, as in a mirror.
heart may mankind
Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?
greater happy mindful sorrow time
There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.
greater happy midst recall sorrow time
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
darkest maintain moral places politics reserved
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.