Quotes by Propertius, Sextus

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier >>

Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away. >>

In great things it is enough even to have willed. >>

Quotations about Adversity

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. >>

Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing hi >>

The proof of gold is fire... >>

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

Propertius, Sextus