Quotes from Prudentius

Thus I by my loquacious tongue From the heaven of silence am led Into perils unknown and dark. Not as Peter, disciple true, Confident in his virtue and faith, I am as one whose unnumbered sins Have shipwrecked on the rolling seas.… How easily can I be shipwrecked, One untaught in seafaring arts, Unless you, almighty Christ, Stretch forth your hand with help divine. (How Easily Can I Be Shipwrecked, Contra Symmachum)

Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.

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

To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.

Nothing is higher than the love of truth.