Love presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and to live with no counsel. — Propertius Copy Share Image
If you see anything, always deny that you've seen; or if perchance something pains you, deny that you're hurt. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade — Propertius Copy Share Image
Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all. — Propertius Copy Share Image
A cause breaks or exalts a soldier's strength; unless that cause is just, shame will make him throw his weapons away. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress. — Propertius Copy Share Image
You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for… — Propertius Copy Share Image
Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among… — Propertius Copy Share Image
