Sextus Propertius Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Sextus Propertius:

Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
~Sextus Propertius


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Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#9c482b0f

Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#55549684

Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#15abfeaa

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#609118da

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#2251b38d

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#6b2f409d

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#8c4d9eaa

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#f35ddb8a

Love can be put off, never abandoned.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#3575fa8a

Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#df445835

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#dc68e53d

Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#4f233bc1

Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#ca8c2952

Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.
~Sextus Propertius


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#fcad592d

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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/sextus-propertius-quotes/#6024ee9a

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