Propertius Quotes

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Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.

Never change when love has found its home.

Let each man have the wit to go his own way.

Fickleness has always befriended the beautiful.

Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.

The law itself follows gold.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

The eyes are the pioneers that first announce the soft tale of love.

Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.

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

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

Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born.

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

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

Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.

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

Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.

You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for the evils of men; the seed of our cares sprouts from your head.

In love, a verse of Mimnermus has more power than one of Homer.

Fame due to the achievements of the mind never perishes.

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