â€å“the Gates of Hell Are Open Night and Day Smooth the Descent

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"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 the task and mighty labor lies."

― Virgil, The Aeneid

tags: hell, poetry

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