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Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
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.]
A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.
A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.
Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them
Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
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There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the wall that circles it about.
We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
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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.
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
