Same topic Authors
Quote of the day

Whoever does not know how to find the way to his ideal lives more frivolously and impudently than the man without an ideal.

Popular Topics
Humble, Wonder, Angry, Adventure, Story, Inspiring, Involve, Light, Guru, Brain, Good, I Miss You, Body, Passive, Intelligent, Evidence, Things, Gossip, Pregnancy, Things In Life, Positive, Soccer, Wisdom, Afternoon, Kindness, Lifetime, Ocean, Integrity, Relationships, Nice, Smile, Private Life, America, Live, Secret, Faith, Goodbye, Enthusiast, Feelings, Jesus, New York, Mother'S Day, Organization, Life Is Like, Glory, Subject, Song, Philosophy, Character, Amazing Music
Dante Alighieri

Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to hedge, Fleeter than a flash, in the battering dog-day weather, A fiery little monster, livid, in a rage, Black as any peppercorn, came and made a dart At the guts of the others, and leaping to engage One of the pair, it pierced him at the part Through which we first draw food; then loosed its grip And fell before him, outstretched and apart.

Dog, Justice, Monster, Pair, Thieves, Weather
Same Author Quotes

He listens well who takes notes.

Divine Comedy, Listens, Notes, Takes, Wells

And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to the secret things. Here sighs, laments, and deep wailings were resounding through the starless air; wherefore at first I wept thereat. Strange tongues, horrible utterances, words of woe, accents of anger, voices high and faint, and sounds of hands with them, were making a tumult which whirls always in that air forever dark, like the sand when the whirlwind breathes.

Air, Courage, Dark, Sounds, Voice, Voices

O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us.

Blow, Formed, Heaven, Light, Minds

I saw a point that shone with light so keen, the eye that sees it cannot bear its blazing; the star that is for us the smallest one would seem a moon if placed beside this point.

Eye, Keen, Moon, Placed, Stars

As one who sees in dreams and wakes to find the emotional impression of his vision still powerful while its parts fade from his mind - Just such am I, having lost nearly all the vision itself, while in my heart I feel the sweetness of it yet distill and fall.

Dream, Fall, Having, Lost, Powerful, Wakes
Similar Quotes