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Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, read more
We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, I, that was an actress here,
Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel
sometimes a hell dwells within myself.
The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel
sometimes a hell dwells within myself.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]
In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
[Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
[Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
