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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” is a famous line from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Divine Comedy. This line appears at the entrance to Hell in the first part of the poem, Inferno.
The phrase serves as a warning to those who enter Hell, signalling that there is no hope for redemption or salvation once they
thou art death's fool; For him thou labour'st by thy flight to shun And yet runn'st toward him still.
William Shakespeare • Measure for Measure
One-day Majnun was sifting earth in the middle of a road. A pious man said to him: “Oh Majnun, what are you seeking here?” “I seek Layla,” replied Majnun. “How can you find Layla here?” said the other. “Could a pearl so pure be found in such rubbish?” “Well” said Majnun, “I seek her everywhere, so that one day I may find her somewhere.”
Farid Ud-din Attar • The Conference of the Birds
Venantius was so interested in the problems of comedy; in fact, fables of this sort can also be considered kin to the comedies of the ancients. Both tell not of men who really existed, as tragedies do; on the contrary, as Isidore says, they are fictions: