"Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the entrance to Dante's hell is the inscription: "Leave behind all hope, you who enter here.""
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"Beware Of entrance to a quarrel."
"There is a spiritual realm that is available to all who find its many entrances."
"When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them."
"You make money when you get visitors to go through the entrance at capacity."