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Durante degli Alighieri, better known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante, (c. June 1 1265 - September 13/14, 1321) was an Italian Florentine poet. His greatest work, la Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), is considered one of the greatest literary statements produced in Europe during the Middle Ages. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Dante Alighieri.
"Abandon all hope, you who enter here!"
Dante Alighieri on Hell
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"Consider your breed; you were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge."
Dante Alighieri on Humankind
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"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise."
Dante Alighieri on Life and Living
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"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery."
Dante Alighieri on Memory
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"The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is."
Dante Alighieri on Perfection
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"For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?"
Dante Alighieri on Action
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"A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence."
Dante Alighieri on Action
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"Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the eternal."
Dante Alighieri on Beauty
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"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."
Dante Alighieri on Change
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"A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark."
Dante Alighieri on Things and Little Things
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"Will cannot be quenched against its will."
Dante Alighieri on Will and Will Power
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"O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!"
Dante Alighieri on Conscience
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