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Sextus Propertius [-50--15] Roman
Rank: 103
Poet


Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium and died shortly after 15 BC.
Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of Elegies.

Strength, Alone, Faith

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I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. Strength
101
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone? Alone
102
Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.
103
Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
104
No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
105
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
106
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. Faith
107
Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
108
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. Strength
109
Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
110
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
111
Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
112
Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
113
Love can be put off, never abandoned.
114
Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.
115
Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
116

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