The Divine Comedy quotes
8 quotes from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
About Dante Alighieri
Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark, / For the straightforward pathway had been lost.Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, / ché la diritta via era smarrita.
All hope abandon, ye who enter in!Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate.
There is no greater sorrow / Than to be mindful of the happy time / In misery.Nessun maggior dolore / che ricordarsi del tempo felice / ne la miseria.
Then hunger did what sorrow could not do.Poscia, più che ’l dolor, poté ’l digiuno.
Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.
It is the light eternal of Sigier, / Who, reading lectures in the Street of Straw, / Did syllogize invidious verities.essa è la luce etterna di Sigieri, / che, leggendo nel Vico de li Strami, / silogizzò invidïosi veri.
Thou shalt have proof how savoureth of salt / The bread of others, and how hard a road / The going down and up another’s stairs.Tu proverai sì come sa di sale / lo pane altrui, e come è duro calle / lo scendere e ’l salir per l’altrui scale.
The Love which moves the sun and the other stars.l’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.
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