quotes from Dante's The Divine Comedy
Dante and Virgil Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in the Underworld
by Ary Scheffer, 1835 version
Morte di Francesca da Rimini e di Paolo Malatesta by Alexandre Cabanel, 1870
“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.”
Gustave Doré's illustrations for Dante's Inferno, 1857
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis,
maintain their neutrality.”
Paolo and Francesca by Gaetano Previati, 1901
Paolo and Francesca by Giuseppe Frascheri, 1846
“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods
where the straight way was lost.”
Giovanni Stradano's illustration of Dante's Inferno, 1587
“Ye who enter, abandon all hope.”
Paolo and Francesca by Mose Bianchi, c.1877
“Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.”
Paolo and Francesca by George Frederic Watts, 1870
“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
The dream (of Paolo and Francesca) by Umberto Boccioni, 1909
“The love that moves the sun and the other stars.”
L'Abisso by Pietro Canonica, 1909
“They yearn for what they fear for.”
The Tragic Love of Francesca da Rimini
by Marie-Philippe Coupin de la Couperie, 1812
“Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain;
through me you go amongst the lost people.”
The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta
by William Blake, 1824-7
“From there we came outside and saw the stars.”
Paolo and Francesca da Rimini by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1855
“But the stars that marked our starting fall away.
We must go deeper into greater pain,
for it is not permitted that we stay.”
We must go deeper into greater pain,
for it is not permitted that we stay.”
Paolo and Francesca by Gaetano Previati, 1887
“The more a thing is perfect, the more if feels pleasure and pain.”
Paolo and Francesca
by Roberto Ferri
by Roberto Ferri
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