Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.
Open thy mind; take in what I explain and keep it there; because to understand is not to know, if thou dost not retain…
your soul is sunken in that cowardice that bears down many men, turning their course and resolution by imagined perils, as his own shadow turns the frightened horse.
Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft,Why fall ye thus before a little wind?
I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.
…I am left with lessthan one drop of my blood that does not tremble.I recognize the the signs of the old flame.
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.
And what will bow your shoulders downwill be the vicious and worthless company with whom you will fall into this abyss.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
I, answering in the end, began: ‘Alas,how many yearning thoughts, what great desire,have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?
This is Nimrod, because of whose vile plan the world no longer speaks a single tongue.
If you, free as you are of every weighthad stayed below, then that would be as strangeas living flame on earth remaining still.”And then she turned her gaze up toward the heavens.
Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery–
You did thirst for blood, and with blood I fill you
The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.
And all the while one spirit uttered this,The other one did weep so, that, for pity,I swooned away as if I had been dying,And fell, even as a dead body falls.
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c’induce, e non diletto.]
There is no greater sorrowThan to recall a happy timeWhen miserable.
Noi siam venuti al loco ov’i’ t’ho dettoche tu vedrai le genti dolorosec’hanno perduto il ben de l’intelletto.We to the place have come, where I have told theeThou shalt behold the people dolorousWho have foregone the good of intellect.
As once I loved you in my mortal flesh, without it now I love you still.
God’s greatest gift to manIn all the bounty He was moved to makeThroughout creation-the one gift the mostClose to his goodness and the one He callsMost precious-is free will.
The fair request ought to be followed by the deed in silence.
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.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.
I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
Come follow me and leave the world to its babblings.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.