Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes.

Sextus Propertius

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Sextus Propertius

Source

Elegies

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

24 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.

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Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me.

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Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

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Quoted in The Iliad, by Homer

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Homer
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 18, l. 328.

Current Citation

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A liar should have a good memory.

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria

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Source
Institutio Oratoria
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 4, ch. 1, sect. 91.