I loved his change to Dante's Inferno, "Abandon your hopes, they are what brought you here" above the entrance to hell. (Original was ye who enter here)
I apologise for this needless pedantry, but it’s: “Forget your hopes. They are what brought you here.” The comma splice in your version is a little inelegant.
Thankyou for the correction it’s something I remember from a radio interview with him years ago :)