Roman - Poet | 50 BC - 15 BC
No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
Sextus Propertius
LoveHairGloryWillGrayGray Hair
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
LiveGodAloneMeBedGoddess
I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.
StrengthI AmMeRoadGloryAm
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
BetterAlwaysLoversAbsentArdor
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.
GoodFaithLawGoldEndWill
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
SpeakWillingAbsentIll
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
StrengthGreatEffortEnoughDeserve
Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
LoveBlindMadnessAfflicted
Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
ManSkillDaysGreatestPassHis
Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
ManGoldDoneNowReverenceBeing
Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
FaithfulMistressThreatsEvenBent
Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
AgeDeathNameTongueThingsEasier
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