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Quotes by Tibullus

10 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Audendum est; fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus. Dare to act! Even Venus aids the bold.— filed under Daring

Quam vellem longas tecum requiescere noctes, Et tecum longos pervigilare dies. How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with thee the longest day enjoy!— filed under Enjoyment

Felix quicumque dolore alterius disces posse cavere tuo. Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.— filed under Example

Spes fovet, et fore cras semper ait melius. Hope ever urges on, and tells us tomorrow will be better.— filed under Hope

Ah, miser! et si quis primo perjuria celat, Sera tamen tacitis Pœna venit pedibus. Ah, wretch! even though one may be able at first to conceal his perjuries, yet punishment creeps on, though late, with noiseless step.— filed under Reason

Et "Bene," discedens dicet, "placideque quiescas; Terraque secure sit super ossa levis." And at departure he will say, "Mayest thou rest soundly and quietly, and may the light turf lie easy on thy bones."— filed under Rest

Nec tibi celandi spes sit peccare paranti; Est deus, occultos spes qui vetat esse dolos. When thou art preparing to commit a sin, think not that thou wilt conceal it; there is a God that forbids crimes to be hidden.— filed under Sin

A Treasury of English Sonnets. Edited by David M. Main. I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.— filed under Solitude

Nec jurare time; Veneris perjuria venti Irrita per terras et freta summa ferunt, Gratia magna Jovi; vetuit pater ipse valere, Jurâsset cupide quicquid ineptus amor. Fear not to swear; the winds carry the perjuries of lovers without effect over land and sea, thanks to Jupiter. The father of the gods himself has denied effect to what foolish lovers in their eagerness have sworn.— filed under Perjury

Perjuria ridet amantium Jupiter et ventos irrita ferre jubet. At lovers' perjuries Jove laughs and throws them idly to the winds.— filed under Perjury