Propertius Quotes
33 quotes
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Always in absent lovers love's tide flows stronger.
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Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
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Great is the height I just scale, but the prospect of glory gives me strength.
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Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
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Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
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Never change when love has found its home.
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Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
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Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.
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Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.
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Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
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I say as an expert, no one is faithful in love -Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis
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Let's give the historians something to write about
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Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade
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Fame due to the achievements of the mind never perishes.
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No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
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Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.
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The eyes are the pioneers that first announce the soft tale of love.
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There is no wide road which leads to the Muses.
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Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.
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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…
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