Dante Alighieri: Quotations

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

“Nessun maggior dolore
che ricordarsi del tempo felice
ne la miseria.”

(There is no greater sorrow
Than to recall a happy time
In misery.)

Divina Commedia, Inferno, V

“Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona,
mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,
che, come vedi, ancor non m’abbandona”.

(Love, who forgives no one loved to love,
he took pleasure in him so strong,
that, as you see, he still does not abandon me.)

Divina Commedia, Inferno, V

L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.

(Love that moves the sun and the other stars.)

Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145