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Sextus Propertius
Roman
Poet
About the author
Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Love
#Blind
#Madness
Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Love
#Enemy
#Men
#Friend
#Women
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Lovers
Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Death
#Age
#Name
#Grave
#Tongue
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Will
#Strength
#Effort
#Praise
Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
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,
Roman
Poet
#Will
#End
#Law
#Faith
#Restraint
#Rights
#Gold
Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Now
#Being
#Man
#Gold
I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Strength
#Road
#Glory
Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Man
#Skill
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
Love can be put off, never abandoned.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Love
Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Love
No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Love
#Will
#Hair
#Glory
Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#Enemies
#Sheep
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
Sextus Propertius,
Roman
Poet
#God
#Bed