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“Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society.”
“We are all going to Heaven, and Vandyck is of the company.”
Quote in Summer 1788, as cited in Thomas Gainsborough, Lord Ronald Sutherland F.S.A. - publishers, George Bell and Sons, London 1903, p. 10
1770 - 1788
Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)
Variant: The principal difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.
“You go to Heaven once you've been to Hell”
Source: Song Paper Thin Hotel
“I've got to make it to heaven; for going through hell.”
Gotta Make it to Heaven
Song lyrics, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern (1891) edited by Tryon Edwards. p. 327.
1890s and attributed from posthumous publications
“Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.”
Source: Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
“…[H]eaven for climate, Hell for society.”
Speech to the Acorn Society (1901)
also given as: "Heaven for climate, Hell for companionship." (unsourced)
“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.”
Variant: When I die I hope to go to heaven--whatever that is--and I want to be able to afford the price of admission.
Source: Atlas Shrugged
