Sextus Propertius Quotes

Sextus Propertius (50 BC – 16 BC) was a Roman elegiac poet in Maecenas' circle.

Omnia post obitum fingit majora vetustas: Majus ab exsequiis nomen in ora venit.

Time magnifies everything after death; a man's fame is increased as it passes from mouth to mouth after his burial.
— Sextus Propertius, Elegiæ, III. 1. 23.

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[N]eque assueto mutet amore torum.

Sextus Propertius
— Never change when love has found its home.
— I, i, 36

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Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.

Sextus Propertius
— Translation: The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
— II, i, 43–4

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

Sextus Propertius
— II, i, 46 (Elegies)

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Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certeLaus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.

Sextus Propertius
— Translation: What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.
— Variant translation: Even if strength fail, boldness at least will deserve praise: in great endeavors even to have had the will is enough.
— II, x, 5

Tags: Quod, deficiant, vires, audacia, erit, magnis, voluisse, sat

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Absenti nemo non nocuisse velit.

Sextus Propertius
— Translation: Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
— II, xix, 32

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Let each man have the wit to go his own way.

Sextus Propertius
— II, xxv, 38 (Elegies)

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Semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes.

Sextus Propertius
— Translation: Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
— II, xxxiii, 43

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Cedite Romani scriptores, cedite Grai!Nescioquid maius nascitur Iliade.

Sextus Propertius
— Translation:Make way, you Roman writers, make way, Greeks!Something greater than the Iliad is born.Of Virgil’s Aeneid

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There is something beyond the grave; death does not end all, and the pale ghost escapes from the vanquished pyre.

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— IV, vii, 1 (Elegies)

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Magnum iter adscendo; sed dat mihi gloria vires.

Sextus Propertius
— Sextus Propertius, Elegies, IV. 10. 3

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Magnum iter adscendo; sed dat mihi gloria vires.

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— Sextus Propertius, Elegies, IV. 10. 3

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Ultima talis erit quæ mea prima fides.

Sextus Propertius
— My last confidence will be like my first.
— Sextus Propertius, Elegiæ, II, 20, 34.

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Ingenio stat sine morte decus.

Sextus Propertius
— Sextus Propertius, Elegiæ, III. 2. 24

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