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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Hell

For ill do well, then fear not hell.

He who is in hell knows not what heaven is.Italian.

He who would not go to hell must not go to court.Danish.

Hell and destruction are never full, so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Bible.

Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishes, but heaven is full of good works.

Hell is full of the ungrateful.

Hell is paved with good intentions.Italian, French, Portuguese.

Hell is wherever heaven is not.

The fear of hell’s the hangman’s whip
To haud the wretch in order.Burns.

The road to Eden is difficult but the ways to Tophet (hell) are easy.Hebrew.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.German.

There is no redemption from hell.

They that be in hell think there’s no other heaven.