Propertius Quotes
Sextus Propertius (50 BC – 16 BC) was a Roman elegiac poet in Maecenas' circle.
Also known as: Propertius, Sextus, Sextus Propertius
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Never change when love has found its home.
Time magnifies everything after death; a man's fame is increased as it passes from mouth to mouth after his burial.
There is something beyond the grave; death does not put an end to everything, the dark shade escapes from the consumed pile.
Every one follows the inclinations of his own nature.
Every form as nature made it is correct.
Semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes.
There is something beyond the grave; death does not end all, and the pale ghost escapes from the vanquished pyre.
The sailor tells stories of the winds, the ploughman of bulls;
the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
Love is naked, and loves not beauty gained by artifice.
Let each man have the wit to go his own way.
O like Venus attended by a thousand tender Cupids, setting foot upon the sea that gave her birth.
Not only does the bull attack its foe with its crooked horns, but the injured sheep will fight its assailant.
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
Let us enjoy pleasure while we can; pleasure is never long enough.
Qua pote quisque, in ea conterat arte diem.
The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,
the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
My last confidence will be like my first.
By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
He errs that seeks to set a term to the frenzy of love; true love hath no bound.