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One of my friends always has this status that goes "Per aspera ad abyssum" a variant of "Per aspera ad astra", though noticably more cynical and pessimistic.

I thought of "Through difficulties to hell, and through hell to heavens" to put a positive spin on it, but I am not sure if my latin attempt is correct, which is as it follows:

"Per aspera ad abyssum et per abyssos ad caelum"

Is this correct or will I make a fool out of myself?

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  • Making a fool of oneself is a way-of-life, around here. It looks fine--an accusative-case festival!
    – tony
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"Per aspera ad abyssum et per abyssos ad caelum"

Is this correct or will I make a fool out of myself?

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Per aspera ad abyssum, ad astra per abyssum.

Since your sentence is Dante's journey, I leave this grand verse here:

"E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" (Inferno XXXIV, 139)

“and thence we came forth to see again the stars”.

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--- Beautiful.

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