Sextus Propertius

Sextus Aurelius Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet born between 57 BC and 46 BC in or near Mevania, who died in around 12 BC.

3 Quotes

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

Sextus Propertius

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

Sextus Propertius

In great things it is enough even to have willed.

Sextus Propertius