Dante Alighieri Desire Quotations

But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars

Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire.

I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?

...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.

...ma gia volgena il mio disio e'l velle si come rota ch'igualmente e mossa, l'amor che move: i sole e l'altre stelle ...as a wheel turns smoothtly, free from jars, my will and my desire were turned by love, The love that moves the sun and the other stars.

Without hope we live in desire.

Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground.