Purgatorio Quotes

“To the right hand I turned, and fixed my mind/ Upon the other pole, and saw four stars/ Ne’er seen before save by the primal people.

Rejoicing in their flamelets seemed the heaven./ O thou septentrional and widowed site, / Because thou art deprived of seeing these!”
― Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio: The Divine Comedy

“How long in woman lasts the fire of love,
If eye or touch do not relight it often.”
― Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio: The Divine Comedy

“Because our eyes were fixed on earthly things,
at no point raised to look towards the heights,
so justice sinks them here within the earth.

Since avarice extinguished all our love
for any good, and so good works were lost
justice here holds us tight within its grip.”
― Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio: The Divine Comedy

“from this you surely understand that love
must be the seed in you of every virtue
and of every deed that merits punishment.”
― Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio: The Divine Comedy