Quotations From AURELIUS CLEMENS PRUDENTIUS

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  Nothing is uglier than the sinner, nothing so leprous or fetid; the scar of his crimes is still raw, and he stinks like the cave of Hell.

  Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348-405), Roman poet. Peristephanon, II, 285.
• 2.

  Nothing is higher than the love of truth.

  Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348-405), Roman poet. Peristephanon, X, 388.
  
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• 3.

  Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.

  Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348-405), Roman poet. Peristephanon, X, 593.
  
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• 4.

  Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired.

  Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348-405), Roman poet. Hamartigenia, 257.
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  To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.

  Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348-405), Roman poet. Contra orationem Symmachi, II, 807.