facilis descensus Averno

Etymology
Literally "The descent to Avernus is easy." From Virgil's Aeneid, with reference to Avernus, a metonym for the underworld and to Lake Avernus in Italy, a volcanic crater lake reputed to emit deadly vapors.

Proverb

 * 1) The path to hell is easy.
 * 2) * 29-19  — Virgil, Aeneis, Book VI, lines 124-127
 * Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates: "Sate sanguine divom, Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno; noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;"
 * Then thus replied the prophetess divine: "O goddess-born of great Anchises' line, The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: (loose translation by John Dryden, 1697)