abandon hope, all ye who enter here

The story

1. Italian · derived fromlasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
2. English todayabandon hope, all ye who enter here

From Dante Alighieri's work Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary as “all hope abandon ye who enter here”, from the Italian lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate. The variant “abandon hope, all ye who enter here”, with a change of meaning, was likely chosen for its iambic pentameter.