"abandon hope, all ye who enter here" meaning in English

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  1. Alternative form of abandon hope all ye who enter here. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: abandon hope all ye who enter here
    Sense id: en-abandon_hope,_all_ye_who_enter_here-en-phrase-IdAbpKbv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "A sincere desire to render our Republican friends—a majority of whom we love—a real service and save them real money impels us to warn them that if their high command sends national funds to West Virginia for campaign purposes in 1952, the bearers of their money bags will find at the border line of the State ominous warning signs such as Dante saw above the entrance to the inferno, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.”",
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          "ref": "2004, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, and the Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2003: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 1731 and H.R. 3693, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 54",
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          "text": "ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE / The end of prohibition didn’t mean an immediate return to the good old days.",
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