14th May: Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet was born on this date in 1265.

1. Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
2. There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
3. Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.
4. From a little spark may burst a flame.
5. Nature is the art of God.
6. The secret of getting things done is to act!
7. The path to paradise begins in hell.
8. He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
9. O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?
10. I wept not, so to stone within I grew.