“Through me the way into the suffering city,
through me the way to eternal pain,
through me the way that runs among the lost.”

—  Dante Alighieri, book Inferno

The quote "Through me the way into the suffering city, through me the way to eternal pain, through…" is famous quote by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italian poet.

Canto III, lines 1–3 (tr. Mandelbaum).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno

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Italian poet 1265–1321

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