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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/you-o-money-are-the-cause-of-a-restless-life-because-of-you-we/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

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## Other authors on Because of you

## More by Propertius

> [Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/cupid-is-naked-and-does-not-like-artifices-contrived-by-beauty/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [If you see anything, always deny that you've seen; or if perchance something pains you, deny that you're hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/if-you-see-anything-always-deny-that-you-ve-seen-or-if-perchance/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/make-room-roman-writers-make-room-for-greek-writers-something-greater/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/something-greater-than-the-iliad-now-springs-to-birth-nescio-quid/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Fickleness has always befriended the beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/fickleness-has-always-befriended-the-beautiful/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/beauty-is-fading-nor-is-fortune-stable-sooner-or-later-death-comes-to/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Always in absent lovers love's tide flows stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/always-in-absent-lovers-love-s-tide-flows-stronger/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [A cause breaks or exalts a soldier's strength; unless that cause is just, shame will make him throw his weapons away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/a-cause-breaks-or-exalts-a-soldier-s-strength-unless-that-cause-is/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/faith-is-not-sure-if-you-cannot-turn-love-to-quarrel-may-my-enemies/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [If she is pleasing to one man, a girl is taken care of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/if-she-is-pleasing-to-one-man-a-girl-is-taken-care-of/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/you-o-money-are-the-cause-of-a-restless-life-because-of-you-we/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/allow-me-whom-fortune-always-desires-to-bury-lay-down-my-life-in/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [Love presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/love-presses-my-head-with-carefully-placed-feet-wretch-that-he-is/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/to-each-man-at-his-birth-nature-has-given-some-fault/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

> [In love, a verse of Mimnermus has more power than one of Homer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/propertius/in-love-a-verse-of-mimnermus-has-more-power-than-one-of-homer/)

[Propertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/propertius/)

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