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Epic poem5 quotes
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, as sand eddies in a whirlpool. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Hades is relentless and unyielding. — Homer · 700 BCLet us not speak of them, but look, and pass on. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Religious literature5 quotes
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, as sand eddies in a whirlpool. — Dante Alighieri · 1321The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. — C.S. Lewis · 1942Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Narrative poem3 quotes
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, as sand eddies in a whirlpool. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Historical literature1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Pop music1 quote
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971War1 quote
Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986War (film)1 quote
Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986