Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
Will cannot be quenched against its will.
Three sparks – pride, envy, and avarice – have been kindled in all hearts.
Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.
He listens well who takes notes.
There is a place in Hell called the Malebolge...
But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.
At grief so deep the tongue must wag in vain; the language of our sense and memory lacks the vocabulary of such pain.
In each fire there is a spirit; Each one is wrapped in what is burning him.
No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.
The human race finds itself in a better situation when it has the higher level of freedom.
You shall leave everything you love.
Midway upon the journey of our life.
Love, that exempts no one beloved from loving, seized me with pleasure of this man so strongly, that, as thou seest, it doth not yet desert me.
Before me things created were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him.
As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.
Justice does not descend from its own pinnacle.
They yearn for what they fear for.
You can stay and die or you can walk your ugly ass back through that gate. It’s your call, pal.