Even if strength fail, boldness at least will
Deserve praise: in great endeavors even to have
Had the will is enough.

Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.

Propertius

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Topic

Taking risks Courage

Author

Propertius

Source

Elegies

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

15 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Propertius. ἐλεγείᾱ [Elegies]. c. 40 BC, bk. 2, no. 10.

Current Citation

Propertius. Elegies, translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2, no. 10.

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Statement Type
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Topic
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Author

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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
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