Sextus Propertius Quotes

8 quotes

  1. Never change when love has found its home.

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

  3. Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe/Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.

  4. Absenti nemo non nocuisse velit.

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

    #5 Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

  6. Semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes.

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

    #7 Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

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