All things in the world are not suited to all men alike, nor is any prize secured by a chariot no better than its rivals.
[Omnia non pariter rerum sunt omnibus apta,
Palma nec ex aequo ducitur ulla iugo.]
Propertius (50–16 BC) Roman elegiac poet [Sextus Propertius]
Elegies, Book 4, Elegy 9, l. 7ff (4.9.7–9) [tr. Goold (Loeb) (1990)]
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Propertius - Elegies, Book 4, Elegy 9, l. 7ff (4.9.7–9) [tr. Goold (Loeb) (1990)] | WIST Quotations
All things in the world are not suited to all men alike, nor is any prize secured by a chariot no better than its rivals. [Omnia non pariter rerum sunt omnibus apta, Palma nec ex aequo ducitur ulla iugo.] On finding your lane and excelling in it.WIST Quotations