Dante Alighieri

“החרוזים המתוקים של אהבה כשאני לבד.”

“הספק משביע את רצוני ממש כמו הידע.”

“מהי חירות אלא תירגום הרצון לשפת המעשה.”

“I love to doubt as well as know.”

“O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!”

“The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.”

“Small projects need much more help than great.”

“Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.”

“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.”

“At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.”

“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.”

“Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state,perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and herewere every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which poets sing.”

“A mighty flame follows a tiny spark.”

“He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.”

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.”

“When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder.”

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.”

“The path to paradise begins in hell.”

“A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.”

“For certain he hath seen all perfectnessFor certain he hath seen all perfectness. Who among other ladies hath seen mine: They that go with her humbly should combine To thank their God for such peculiar grace. So perfect is the beauty of her face That it begets in no wise any sign Of envy, but draws round her a clear line Of love, and blessed faith, and gentleness. Merely the sight of her inakes all things bow: Not she herself alone is holier Than all: but hers, through her, are raised above. From all her acts such lovely graces flow That truly one may never think of her Without a passion of exceeding love.”