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Did Dante Alighieri say “All hope abandon, ye who enter in”?

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Did Dante Alighieri say “All hope abandon, ye who enter in”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Dante Alighieri. Source and location below.

Before me there were no created things, Only eterne, and I eternal last. All hope abandon, ye who enter in!"
Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell — Dante Alighieri, ¶116 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #1001 · source
These words, read by Dante as he looked at the gate of hell, are thundered out by trombones, tuba, double basses, etc.; and immediately after trumpets and horn make the dreadful proclamation (C-sharp minor): "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch' entrate" ("All hope abandon, ye who enter in.") Liszt has written the Italian lines under the theme in the score. The two "Hell motives" follow, the first a de
Franz Liszt — James Huneker, CHAPTER PAGE · ¶402 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #39754 · source

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