Collected Meditations
Showing 31 quotesWorldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.— Dante Alighieri
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.— Dante Alighieri
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.— Dante Alighieri
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The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.— Dante Alighieri
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.— Dante Alighieri