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Dante at the gate of Hell

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"Per me si va ne la città dolente,
per me si va ne l'etterno dolore,
per me si va tra la perduta gente.
Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore:
fecemi la divina potestate,
la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore;
dinanzi a me non fuor cose create
se non etterne, e io etterno duro.
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch' intrate.
Queste parole di colore obscuro
vid'io scritte al sommo di una porta" (Inferno III - Dante)

ENG: “Through me the way to the infernal City:
through me the way to eternal sadness;
through me the way to the lost people.

Justice moved my supreme maker,
I was shaped by divine power,

by highest wisdom, and by primal love.
Before me, nothing was created,

that is not eternal, and eternal I endure.

Forsake all hope, all you that enter here.
These were the words, with their dark colour,
 that I saw written above the gate” (Inferno III)

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Tyrannuss555's avatar
I often wonder if Dante's journey through hell is a metaphor about the journey through life, we all take long hard journeys battling obstacles but the rewards finishing the journey are beautiful to the ones that hold on to hope and don't give in even if the journey is so difficult