Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. – Sextus Propertius
Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave. – Sextus Propertius
Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back. – 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
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone? – Sextus Propertius
Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand. – 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
