Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among whose number may the earth cover me as well.
PropertiusEven if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.
PropertiusThere is something beyond the grave; death does not end all, and the pale ghost escapes from the vanquished pyre.
PropertiusTell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
PropertiusLove is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.
PropertiusNot only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
PropertiusIf you see anything, always deny that you've seen; or if perchance something pains you, deny that you're hurt.
PropertiusLove presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and to live with no counsel.
PropertiusAnd nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.
PropertiusMake room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born.
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