Dante Quotes

The ninth, the worst circle of the Inferno - Dante intended it for traitors. Alija Izetbegovic
Circle Worst Ninth Dante Intended Inferno Traitors
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul. Ben Nicholson
Me You Soul Corruption Beast Greed Same Thing Down Dante Guys Read Always Same Any Whether Swift Boils Thing
The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell. Regina Brett
Phones People Circle Hell Other Dante Stuck Chatting Idea Feel Over Like Being Might Plane Each Dozens
Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage. Gustav Stresemann
Thought Heritage Our Background Dante Would Would-Be Only Both Part Divorced Unthinkable Within Context Understood Italian Cultural German Common
When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music, the sound, the meaning. I felt like calling him by phone, like a friend. Roberto Benigni
Beautiful Music Saying Myself Phone Reading Dante Like Him Calling Felt Boy Sound Friend Bravo Little Meaning
Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody always. Every single verse is very moving, and the beauty - if we don't understand, we just stay listening to the sound and it's like hearing music. Roberto Benigni
Music Great Writing Listening Poet Beauty Single Every Everybody Dante Stay Like Understand Always Sound Hearing Verse Very Just Moving Creators Universal
For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante. Robert Gottlieb
Heart Way Dante Russians Poem Shakespeare Sacred Instance Know Ballet Hamlet Italians Text Familiar Story Romeo Meaning Us Whole Filled Whom
Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont. Brody Armstrong
Work Dante Out Record He Toy Comic Store Work Out Then Worked Found
Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries. Eugenio Montale
Creative Comedy Dante Divine Prose Did After Centuries Height Produce Strangely
The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day. Madeleine Stowe
Day Natural Remember Light Weather Nothing Cold Dante Stayed Scene Rock His Cave Department Turning Electric Using Whole Away
Most of my reading is based on what I'm working on. I did a series of paintings based on the seven deadly sins, so I read Dante and then Milton's 'Paradise Lost.' That was a bit hard going. Jamie Wyeth
Paradise Reading Lost Seven Bit Dante Most Read Deadly Sins Did Going Then Working Hard Paintings Series Based Milton
Homer, Vergil, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Proust - not exactly authors one expects to whiz through or take lightly, but like all works of genius, they are meant to be read out loud and loved. Andre Aciman
Genius Dante Out Exactly Shakespeare Through Take Lightly Like Read Proust Loud Expects Authors Goethe Loved Meant Meant To Be Whiz Works Homer
My father was highbrow: writing long biographies of Dante and stuff like that. Ghostwriting sportsman memoirs? That was sort of the lowest of the low. David Lagercrantz
Writing Father Long Dante Memoirs Highbrow Stuff Like Sort Sportsman Low Lowest Biographies
'The Dante Club' was one of America's most important book clubs, as their Wednesday night meetings ultimately led to our country's first exposure to Dante's poetry on a wide scale. Matthew Pearl
Book First Country Important Club Meetings Our Scale Dante Poetry Wednesday Most Led Ultimately America Clubs Exposure Wide Night
Harvard was also a little bit of a villain in my first book, 'The Dante Club.' I guess there might be a way to make Harvard more of a sympathetic presence, but it's such a powerful institution that it more naturally lends itself toward not necessarily a negative but an obstructionist element in a story. Matthew Pearl
Book Negative First Club Guess Way Bit Dante Harvard More Toward Powerful Institution Also Make Itself Story Lends Little Little Bit Might Naturally Villain Element Presence Necessarily Sympathetic
When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together. Francesca Lo Schiavo
Work Together Interior Met Design Dante Tried Something Movies Worked Much Enjoyed
There is no difficult moment working together because when we start a new project, Dante starts to make all the sketches and I can see the vision of the movie and then I start my job. Francesca Lo Schiavo
Working Together Together Vision Job Difficult Starts Project Dante See New Make Because Movie Sketches Then Working Moment Start Difficult Moment
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