Quotes by Sextus Propertius

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able...

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

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

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Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back...

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Love can be put off, never abandoned.

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

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

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

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

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Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

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By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the...

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Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who...

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