To every one at birth nature has allotted some fault.
[Unicuique dedit vitium natura creato.]
Propertius (50–16 BC) Roman elegiac poet [Sextus Propertius]
Elegies, Book 2, Elegy 22, l. 17ff (2.2.17) [tr. Goold (Loeb) (1990)]
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Propertius - Elegies, Book 2, Elegy 22, l. 17ff (2.2.17) [tr. Goold (Loeb) (1990)] | WIST Quotations
To every one at birth nature has allotted some fault. [Unicuique dedit vitium natura creato.] While sounding more broadly philosophical, Propertius goes on to note his own "fault" is always desiring pretty girls.WIST Quotations