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Sextus Propertius Quotes
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Type: Poet Quotes Category: Roman Poet Quotes Year of Birth: 50 BC Year of Death: 15 BC Nationality: Roman Find on Amazon: Sextus Propertius Related Authors: Titus Maccius Plautus Phaedrus Lucretius Juvenal Quintus Ennius Lucan Ausonius |
Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
Sextus Propertius Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave. Sextus Propertius Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. Sextus Propertius Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better. Sextus Propertius Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men. Sextus Propertius By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. Sextus Propertius Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats. Sextus Propertius Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away. Sextus Propertius I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. Sextus Propertius Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest. Sextus Propertius Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent. Sextus Propertius Love can be put off, never abandoned. Sextus Propertius Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand. Sextus Propertius No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair. Sextus Propertius Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back. Sextus Propertius Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone? Sextus Propertius |
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