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Virgil70–19 BC

The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labour lies.

Virgil on life and death

The Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book VI

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