Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

Cultural  

1. An inscription at the entrance to hell as described by Dante in The Divine Comedy.

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Example Sentences

The famous line "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" may be carved into the gates of Hell, but so are the words "Divine power made me, the supreme wisdom and the primal love".

From The Guardian • May 9, 2013

Or, more likely, Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here," might be written above the entrance.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

He thought of the Tuscan poet and wondered if it were possible that his bitter experience had called forth that direful inscription— "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."

From Marguerite Verne by Armour, Rebecca Agatha

Even as in Dante's vision of the Inferno, so in the Temple of Buddha's scheme of life there is inscribed above its portals the words: "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)