Dante Alighieri
» Action » “For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?”
» Action » “A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.”
» Beauty » “Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the eternal.”
» Change » “The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.”
» Conscience » “O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!”
» Cries and Crying » “I wept not, so to stone within I grew.”
» Death and Dying » “These have not the hope to die.”
» Disgrace » “Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.”
» Fame » “Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.”
» God » “In His will is our peace.”
» Hell » “Abandon all hope, you who enter here!”
» Humankind » “Consider your breed; you were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge.”
» Individuality » “Follow your own star!”
» Life and Living » “The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.”
» Middle Class » “This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.”
» Perfection » “The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.”
» Things and Little Things » “A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.”
» Will and Will Power » “Will cannot be quenched against its will.”
