Dante Gabriel Rossetti quote: "Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, A-top on the topmost twig--which the pluckers forgot, somehow-- Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now."

Love is the last relay and ultimate outposts of eternity.
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise, 'twas on...
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

This sunlight shames November where he grieves In dead red leaves, and will not let him shun T...
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together.
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

A sonnet is a moment's monument, -/ Memorial from the Soul's eternity/ To one dead deathless hour.
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

I have been here before./ But when or how I cannot tell:/ I know the grass beyond the door,/ The swe...
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been;
I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.
DANTE

Small projects need much more help than great.
DANTE

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
DANTE

There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.
DANTE

It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is to c...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

He is not always at ease who laughs. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

What I saw was equal ecstasy: One universal smile it seemed of all things. [It., Cio ch'io ved...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia ...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

The great refusal. [It., Il gran rifiuto.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Ah, savage company; but in the church With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

The vesper bell from far That seems to mourn for the expiring day.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. [It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore! [It., O dignit...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may r...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: ...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts. [It., Superbia, invidia ...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolge, of an iron hue, Like to the...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts n...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Justice does not descend from its pinnacle. [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta c...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone. [It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

From little spark may burst a mighty flame.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

It was evening here, But upon earth the very noon of night.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Less shame a greater fault would palliate. [Lat., Maggior difetto men vergogna lava.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery. [Lat., Nessun...
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, 'Where? What?...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea, Earth-sadness and sea-b...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 "I have not sought Thee, I have not found Thee, I have no...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 At morn I plucked a rose and give it Thee, A rose of joy an...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 A Better Resurrection I have no wit, no words, no tears; ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 What can I give Him Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Am I a stone, and not a sheep, That I can stand, 0 Christ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

For there is no friend like a sister
In calm or stormy weather;
To cheer one on the tedio...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Come to me in the silence of the night,
Come to me in the speaking silence of a dream.
Come w...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, Where? What? and tur...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tr...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

For I am bound with fleshly bands,
Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope;
I strain my heart, I stre...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passin...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Obedience is the fruit of faith.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whol...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Silence is more musical than any song.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

My heart is like a singing bird.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to ...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

[Spring is] when life's alive in everything.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart;
My silent heart, lie still and break:
Life, and...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

For one man is my world of all the men this wide world holds; O love, my world is you.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Better by far that you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Adversity precedes growth.
ROSEMARIE ROSSETTI

In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Who shall tell the lady's grief
When her Cat was past relief?
Who shall number the hot tea...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Fair as the moon and joyful as the light;
Tot wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

It is important that you recognize your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your ...
ROSEMARIE ROSSETTI

When I Am Dead, My Dearest

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

obstreperously,—
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

O where are you going with your love-locks flowing
On the west wind bellowing along this valley...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Evening by evening
Among the Brookside rushes,
Laura bow'd her head to hear,
Lizzie v...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Good folk, I have no coin,
To take were to purloin:
I have no copper in my purse,
I h...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

I have no heart?--Perhaps I have not;
But then you're mad to take offence
That I don't giv...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil the...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow.
What are brief? today and tomorrow.
What are frail? s...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Choose love not in the shallows
but in the deep.
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

A Pause of Thought

I looked for that which is not, nor can be,
And hope defer...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
'Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come b...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Then a hundred sad voices lifted a wail,
And a hundred glad voices piped on the gale:
'Tim...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain thei...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The path to paradise begins in hell.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always
DANTE ALIGHIERI

And I — my head oppressed by horror — said:
"Master, what is it that I hear? Who are
t...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Nature is the art of God.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
DANTE ALIGHIERI

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the eternal.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

These have not the hope to die.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it c...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Consider your breed; you were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

In His will is our peace.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Will cannot be quenched against its will.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

He listens well who takes notes.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Follow your own star!
DANTE ALIGHIERI

There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Abandon all hope, you who enter here!
DANTE ALIGHIERI

In the middle of the journey of our life
I found myself astray in a dark wood
where the straig...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me am...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Avarice, envy, pride,
Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all
On Fire.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

I wept not, so to stone within I grew.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
DANTE ALIGHIERI

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

I love to doubt as well as know.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the groun...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

From a little spark may burst a flame.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The secret of getting things done is to act!
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral cr...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Every time I fumble or drop a ball I am embarrassed.
DANTE HALL

I love to play pool.
DANTE HALL

There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college.
DANTE HALL

Sports are not for everyone.
DANTE HALL

I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I ...
DANTE HALL

On certain plays and situations I feel like I have the advantage. But sometimes I just have to not t...
DANTE HALL

I love all sports.
DANTE HALL

My two favorite things about being a pro player are Sunday afternoons being able to excite many fans...
DANTE HALL

My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils.
DANTE HALL

Part of my success was having a place to play as a kid.
DANTE HALL

I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along ...
DANTE HALL

If I had the hand strength to sign autographs for everybody in Kansas City, I would... but its just ...
DANTE HALL

Treat everyone the way you would want to be treated... this can be applied to any situation.
DANTE HALL

Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor.
DANTE HALL

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influenc...
DANTE HALL

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.
DANTE HALL

Here sighs and cries and shrieks of lamentation
echoed throughout the starless air of Hell; DANTE ALIGHIERI

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Beauty awakens the soul to act.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

There is no greater sorrow
Than to recall a happy time
When miserable.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men
DANTE ALIGHIERI

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the groun...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was wholly lost
DANTE ALIGHIERI

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

In His will is our peace.
DANTE (ALIGHIERI)

Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.
DANTE (ALIGHIERI)

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.
DANTE (ALIGHIERI)

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
DANTE (ALIGHIERI)

Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically a...
JOE DANTE

Editing is kind of a solitary job.
JOE DANTE

Avarice, envy, pride. Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all on Fire.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Follow your own star!
DANTE (ALIGHIERI)

There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The experience of this sweet life.
L'esperienza de questa dolce vita.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Avarice, envy, pride,
Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all
On Fire.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!
DANTE ALIGHIERI

A great flame follows a little spark.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

There is no greater sorrow than to recall, in misery, the time win we were happy.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

There is no greater sorrow than to recall, in misery, the time when we were happy.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their n...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.
DANTE HALL

Love that moves the sun and the other stars.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

A lot of Democratic elites are waiting for Hillary Clinton to decide,
DANTE SCALA

I am not the fastest but I am always as fast as I need to be.
DANTE HALL

It's mental, getting used to the tempo. It keeps getting faster. I just try to keep up.
DIO DANTE

I have consulted with (attorney) David Cornwell in the event there is any issue concerning Randy Mos...
DANTE DITRAPANO

Love, that moves the sun and the other stars
DANTE ALIGHIERI

I'm not sure they have what they think they have. It may or may not be Randy's first touchdown ball....
DANTE DITRAPANO

Uncouth tongues, horrible shriekings of despair, Shrill and faint voices, cries of pain and rage, An...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Oakland has been calling the Vikings since the last day of the season about obtaining Randy. I don't...
DANTE DITRAPANO

We want a review of all those conditional pardons. We will be coordinating with the Department of Ju...
DANTE JIMENEZ

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as...
DANTE ALIGHIERI

I think 'Pan's Labyrinth' is genius.
JOE DANTE

They yearn for what they fear for.
DANTE ALIGHIERI

Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, A-top on the topmost twig--which the pluckers forgot, somehow-- Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, A-top on the topmost twig--which the pluckers forgot, somehow-- Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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