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Attributed quotes — Tibullus

Italy

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Whatsoever [Love] does, whithersoever she turns her steps, Grace follows her unseen to order all aright.

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When thou art preparing to commit a sin, think not that thou wilt conceal it; there is a God that forbids crimes to be hidden.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Happy thou that learnest from another’s griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Hope ever urges on, and tells us tomorrow will be better.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Esteem all things that are good.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

I could live in the woods with thee in sight,
Where never should human foot intrude:
Or with thee find light in the darkest night,
And a social crowd in solitude.
Dare to act! Even Venus aids the bold.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Fear not to swear; the winds carry the perjuries of lovers without effect over land and sea, thanks to Jupiter. The father of the gods himself has denied effect to what foolish lovers in their eagerness have sworn.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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