Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and read more

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.

Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.

Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]

He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them

In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]

In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.