Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft, Why fall ye thus before a little wind?

— Dante Alighieri

Open thy mind; take in what I explain and keep it there; because to understand is not to know if thou dost not retain...

— Dante Alighieri

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

— Dante Alighieri

Put off this sloth,' the master said, 'for shame! Sitting on feather-pillows, lying reclined Beneath the blanket is no way to fame -Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind, Leaving on earth no more memorial Than foam in water or smoke upon the wind

— Dante Alighieri

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always

— Dante Alighieri

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.

— 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 experience of this sweet life.

— Dante Alighieri

The fair request ought to be followed by the deed in silence.

— Dante Alighieri