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Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest. — Sextus Propertius

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Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

In the original Latin

qua pote quisque, in ea conterat arte diem.

Sextus Propertius
Elegies (Sextus Propertius) · 24 BC
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24 BCClassical antiquity
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Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.
Original citation
Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

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