“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
Source: Ninety-Three
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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic
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Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 3, member 1, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book The Laughing Corpse
Source: The Laughing Corpse
“The path to paradise begins in hell.”
Dante Alighieri book La Divina Comedia
Source: The Divine Comedy
Rabia Basri Muslim saint and Sufi mystic
as quoted in Khushwant Singh, The Freethinker's Prayer Book (2013), p. 35
“I don't care If I go to hell as long as the people I serve will live in paradise.”
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
"Duterte: Look ma, cheap shoes no socks" http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/710288/duterte-simple-lifestyle-has-served-me-well-in-govt' (August 5 2015)
“God hides the fires of hell within paradise.”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
Victor Hugo book The Man Who Laughs
Source: The Man Who Laughs