Facilis descensus Averno:Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est.( The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this task and mighty labor lies.) Virgil
The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.
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Bill Hicks
Let this hell be our heaven.
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Richard Matheson
What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.
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Chuck Palahniuk
No sight so sad as that of a naughty child, " he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?"" They go to hell, " was my ready and orthodox answer." And what is hell? Can you tell...
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Unknown
I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.
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Peter Ustinov
More Quotes By Virgil
The greatest wealth is health
Death twitches my ear;' Live, ' he says... 'I'm coming.
Omnia vincit amor" - "Love conquers all
Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all...
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day
