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One of my favourite Clive James things was the translation of Dante’s Inferno he did. Instead of the usual ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’ he came up with
by Neil44 7y ago
One of my favourite Clive James things was the translation of Dante’s Inferno he did. Instead of the usual ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’ he came up with ‘Abandon your hopes, they are what got you here’. Subtle genius.
- Akinato 7y agoDamn. Haven't heard that one before but it's quite poignant.