Propertius Sextus quotes

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Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
How often you, spurned, will run to my door, when your strong words shall have fallen into a sob, and a trembling horror will begi ...
Your eyes should not seem cheap to you, through which, often believed by me, you lie.
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
I warn you, avoid this evil, and let his own care delay each, and let him not change the spot of his accustomed love.
In love, a verse of Mimnermus has more power than one of Homer.
Love presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and to live wit ...
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