"THROUGH ME THE WAY IS TO THE CITY DOLENT;
THROUGH ME THE WAY IS TO ETERNAL DOLE;
THROUGH ME THE WAY AMONG THE PEOPLE LOST.
JUSTICE INCITED MY SUBLIME CREATOR,CREATED ME DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE,
THE HIGHEST WISDOM AND THE PRIMAL LOVE.
BEFORE ME THERE WERE NO CREATED THINGS,
ONLY ETERNE, AND I ETERNAL LAST.
ALL HOPE ABANDON, YE WHO ENTER IN!"
Dante Alighieri's Commedia, INFERNO, Canto 3.
