Dante's Inscription above the Gate of Hell:
I am the way into the city of woe.
I am the way to a forsaken people.
I am the way to eternal sorrow.
Sacred justice moved my architect.
I was raised here by divine omnipotence,
Primordial love and ultimate intelligence.
Only those elements time cannot wear
Were made before me, and beyond time I stand.
Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
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Dante Alighieri
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
Dante Alighieri
Ail hope abandon, ye who enter here.
Dante Alighieri
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.
Dante Alighieri
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Dante Alighieri
Beauty awakens the soul to act.
Dante Alighieri
Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.
Dante Alighieri
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
Dante Alighieri
From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
Dante Alighieri
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
Dante Alighieri
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
Dante Alighieri
I am searching for that which every man seeks - peace and rest.
Dante Alighieri
Nature is the art of God.
Dante Alighieri
Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
Dante Alighieri
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
Dante Alighieri
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Dante Alighieri
The fair request ought to be followed by the deed, in silence.
Dante Alighieri
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
Dante Alighieri
The secret of getting things done is to act!
Dante Alighieri
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
Dante Alighieri
Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.