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

Quote by Dante Alighieri

Topics: Pride Quotes

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

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...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

From a little spark may burst a flame.

From a little spark may burst a flame.

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!

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...

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

I wept not, so to stone within I grew.

I wept not, so to stone within I grew.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

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...

He listens well who takes notes.

He listens well who takes notes.

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue...

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

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

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!