Famous quotes containing the words clemens and/or august:
“Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.”
—Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348–405)
“Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real “horror vacui.””
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)