Dante Alighieri Quotes
Italian poet whose Divine Comedy journeyed through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Dante's lines on love, hope and the stars close one of literature's greatest works. Below are 15 of the most loved Dante Alighieri quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
From a tiny spark may burst a mighty flame.
In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself in a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
O human race, born to fly upward, why do you fall by such a little wind?
Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain.
And I saw stars again — the stars of hope that come out at the end of the darkness.
The devil is not as black as he is painted.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
Pride, envy, and avarice are the sparks which have set on fire the hearts of all men.
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.
Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.
Love, that can quickly seize the gentle heart.
Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that.
Follow your own star!