No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
From Sextus Propertius
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.
Afflicted by love's madness all are blind.
Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
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