Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty. — Propertius Artifice 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 Deny Copy Share Image
Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born. — Propertius Born Copy Share Image
Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade — Propertius Birth Copy Share Image
Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all. — Propertius Beauty 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 Break Copy Share Image
Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress. — Propertius Enemy 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… — Propertius Because of you 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… — Propertius Desire Copy Share Image
Love presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and… — Propertius Chaste Copy Share Image
The eyes are the pioneers that first announce the soft tale of love. — Propertius Eye Copy Share Image
And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images. — Propertius Able Copy Share Image
Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you. — Propertius Should Copy Share Image
Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough. — Propertius Business Copy Share Image
Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest. — Propertius Endeavor Copy Share Image
