Sextus Propertius Quotes

Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
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Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
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Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
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Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.
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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.
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Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
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Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
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I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.
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Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
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Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
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Love can be put off, never abandoned.
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Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.
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No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
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Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
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Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
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Biography

Type: Poet
Nationality: Roman
Born: 50 BC
Died: 15 BC

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