Sextus Propertius Quotes

#1. 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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#2. Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.

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#3. Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.

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#4. Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

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#5. Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

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#6. Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.

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#7. Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

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#8. Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.

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#9. Love can be put off, never abandoned.

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#10. Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

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#11. No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

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#12. Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.

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#13. 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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#14. Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.

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#15. 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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