Dante (Durante) di Alighiero degli Alighieri:
(Florence, between 14 May and 13 June 1265 – Ravenna, 14 September 1321).
Italian poet, writer, moral philosopher and short-lived politician. His main work is considered La divina commedia (translation The Divine Comedy). It is a poem in three parts about a journey through the afterlife, from Hell (Inferno), through Purgatory (Purgatorio) to Paradise (Paradiso) and is considered a highlight of world literature.
Without hope, we live in desire.
Life brings no greater grief, than happiness remembered in a time of sorrow.
Master of those who know.
