Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

Quote by Dante Alighieri

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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it...

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it...

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral...

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral...

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are...

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are...

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a...

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a...

Nature is the art of God.

Nature is the art of God.

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

The secret of getting things done is to act!

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind...

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind...

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how...

You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how...

Follow your own star!

Follow your own star!

He listens well who takes notes.

He listens well who takes notes.

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind...

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind...

Of evil grain, no good seed can come

Of evil grain, no good seed can come

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always...

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...