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"I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go ."
"Be hypocritical, be cautious, be not what you seem but always what you see."
"An infernal machine that produces every minute an impressive amount of poor, 26 million poor in 10 years are 2.6 million per year of new poor, this is the road, well, the road to hell."
"Unlove's the heavenless hell and the homeless home."
"A man can't be taken to hell, or sent to hell: you can only get there on your own steam."
"Hell would be to have to spend eternity in a Heaven with those who are sure they are going there."
"That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one."
"There's only one way to work -- like hell."
"If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell."
"If you want to build a great company, get the hell out of Silicon Valley."
"I know I ain't nobody's bargain, but hell a little touchup and a little paint."
"I don't care where I'm from, nor where I'm going. From hell to hell."
"Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense."
"Hell was made for the inquisitive."
"The rich's paradise was created by the poor's hell."
"If you live up against train tracks, it can make your life a living hell."
"Heaven & Hell are both creations of desire."
"For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life."
"The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno."
"Each of us has heaven and hell in him."
