The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
VIRGILIt is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air – there’s the rub.
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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It is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air – there’s the rub.
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Fortune favors the bold.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
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Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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Time is flying never to return.
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Rumor starts as a timid thing, But soon it covers the earth, and its voices ring, While its feet walk the ground and its head is above the clouds.
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The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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The descent into Hell is easy.
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