Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. – Dante Alighieri
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. – Dante Alighieri
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! – Dante Alighieri
This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise. – Dante Alighieri
Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of completion; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with Autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the substance of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon? – Hal Borland