Hell is more bearable than nothingness.

Hell is more bearable than nothingness.

Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.

Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell.

We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, read more

We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, I, that was an actress here,
Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there.

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the read more

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the wall that circles it about.

Hell is paved with priests' skulls.

Hell is paved with priests' skulls.

Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.

Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for read more

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.