Lasciate ogni speranza, voi che entrate
I mistook this for Latin in Season 3 Episode 7 of Dickinson, and looked it up to add it to my list of contemporary phrases. I was wrong! It’s Italian, and it’s from Dante’s Divine Comedy. The poem refers to a journey that Dante takes, guided by Virgil. It refers to what is written on the gates to Hell as they pass through, and it is usually translated as « Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here ».
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