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
brought cut division society
Yes, and he's cut in two because he has brought division to society.
borne disgrace lived miserable praise souls state wretched
This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.
crown happier sorrow
A sorrow's crown of sorrow, Is remembering happier things
imagination ears sound
Imagination, that dost so abstract us That we are not aware, not even when A thousand trumpets sound about our ears!
inferno
They yearn for what they fear for.
among divine endure enter eternal high highest maker primal runs suffering urged
Through me the way into the suffering city,Through me the way to the eternal pain,Through me the way that runs among the lost.Justice urged on my high artificer;My maker was divine authority,The highest wisdom, and the primal love.Before me nothing but eternal things were made,And I endure eternally.Abandon every hope, ye who enter here.
willpower
Will cannot be quenched against its will.
faults shame greater
Less shame a greater fault would palliate.
pulse veins divine-comedy
For she doth make my veins and pulses tremble.
greater happy mindful sorrow time
There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.
darkest maintain moral places politics reserved
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.