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Inferno

Dante Alighieri

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”

“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.”

“Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona, Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..." "Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart, Seized him with my beautiful form That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me. Love, which pardons no beloved from loving, took me so strongly with delight in him That, as you see, it still abandons me not...”

“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.”

“They yearn for what they fear for.”

“From there we came outside and saw the stars”

“And I — my head oppressed by horror — said: "Master, what is it that I hear? Who are those people so defeated by their pain?"      And he to me: "This miserable way is taken by the sorry souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.      They now commingle with the coward angels, the company of those who were not rebels nor faithful to their God, but stood apart.      The heavens, that their beauty not be lessened, have cast them out, nor will deep Hell receive them — even the wicked cannot glory in them.”

“Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words”

“But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.”

“Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.”

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123, italy, fear, fate, love, medieval-literature, inferno, faith, mediocrity, canto-iii, poetry, italian, indifference, indecision

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