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
bursts flame mighty spark
From a little spark bursts a mighty flame
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.
arms infinite goodness
Infinite goodness has such wide arms.
thinking luck rotten
I'm beginning to think I've got rotten luck with women.
fighting thinking interesting
A fight every now and again does make life more interesting. Don't ya think?
life purpose states
The purpose of the whole (work) is to remove those who are living in this life from a state of wretchedness and lead them to the state of blessedness.
people way path
Where the way is hardest, there go thou; Follow your own path and let people talk.
heard wells
The well heeded well heard.
time sleep way
I was so full of sleep at the time that I left the true way.
divine-comedy inferno gates-of-hell
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.