Love, that exempts no one beloved from loving,

Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona

Love, that exempts no one beloved from loving,

Dante Alighieri · Inferno

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides.

Dante Alighieri · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 158

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it displays its eternal beauties, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth alone.

Dante Alighieri · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 48

Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda

A little spark is followed by great flame;

Dante Alighieri · Paradiso

non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa

Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass.”

Dante Alighieri · Inferno