The sailor talks of breezes: the ploughman, of oxen: the soldier counts wounds, the shepherd counts sheep.

navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,
enumerat miles vulnera, pastor ovis;

Sextus Propertius

Elegies (Sextus Propertius)

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

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

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A quote by Sextus Propertius about stories: “The sailor talks of breezes: the ploughman, of oxen: the soldier counts…”

A quote by Sextus Propertius about stories: “The sailor talks of breezes: the ploughman, of oxen: the soldier counts…”

A quote by Sextus Propertius about stories: “The sailor talks of breezes: the ploughman, of oxen: the soldier counts…”