Sextus Propertius Quotes

“Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?”

— Sextus Propertius

“Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.”

— Sextus Propertius

No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

— Sextus Propertius

“Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.”

— Sextus Propertius

“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.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.”

— Sextus Propertius

“Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.”

— Sextus Propertius

Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.

— Sextus Propertius

Love can be put off, never abandoned.

— Sextus Propertius

“Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.”

— Sextus Propertius