Sidonius Apollinaris Quotes

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How dismal the necessity of birth! how miserable the necessity of living! how hard the necessity of death!

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Death may overwhelm them, but not fear; unconquerable they stand their ground, and their courage well-nigh outlives their lives.

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Driven away by barbarian thrumming the Muse has spurned the six-footed exercise ever since she beheld these patrons seven feet high.

Sidonius Apollinaris

Sidonius Apollinaris

Sidonius Apollinaris

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Born: 430

Died: 486 (aged 56)

Bio: Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Saint Sidonius Apollinaris, was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from fifth-century Gaul" according to Eric Goldberg.

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