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"Plausus tune arte carebat."
"Restat iter cœlo: cœlo tentabimus ire; Da veniam cœpto, Jupiter alte, meo."
"Odimus accipitrem qui semper vivit in armis."
"Materiem, qua sis ingeniosus, habes."
"Jurgia præcipue vino stimulata caveto: Aptior est dulci mensa merumque joco."
"Militat omnis amans, et habet sua castra Cupido: Attice, crede mihi, militat omnis amans. Que bello est habilis, Veneri quoque convenit, ætas; Turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor."
"Parcite paucarum diffundere crimen in omnes, Spectetur meritis quæque puella suis."
"Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsæ."
"Sæpe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet."
"Promittas facito: quid enim promittere lædit? Pollicitis dives quilibet esse potest."
"Parva leves capiunt animos."
"An nescis longas regibus esse manus?"
"Confidence is slow in reposing itself in undertakings of any magnitude."
"Don’t you know that kings have long arms?"
"'Tis virtue to abstain from things that please."
"Those presents which derive their value from the donor are always the most acceptable."
"Tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides."
"Cur opus adfectas, ambitiose, novum?"
"Jam seges est ubi Troja fuit, resecandaque falce Luxuriat Phrygio sanguine pinguis humus."
"You are the (or a) judge of beauty."
"The scythe now reaps the corn where Ilion stood, And fields that fatten on the Trojans’ blood."
"If you wish to marry suitably, marry your equal."
"Si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari."
"Arbiter es formæ."
"Acceptissima semper Munera sunt, auctor quæ pretiosa facit."
"Leve fit quod bene fertur onus."
"When once a woman’s virtue’s gone, No art the damage can atone: 'Tis ruined once for all."
"Nulla reparabilis arte Læsa pudicitia est: deperit illa semel."
"If I sinned, the sin has fair excuse."
"Dicere que puduit, scribere jussit amor."
"The event justifies the deed."
"What shame forbade me speak, Love made me write."
"Cœpisti melius quam desinis: ultima primis Cedunt: dissimiles hic vir, et ille puer."
"Est virtus placitis abstinuisse bonis."
"There is virtue in abstinence from what delights."
"Pauperibus vates ego sum, quia pauper amavi; Cum dare non possem munera, verba dabam."
"Et nulli cessura fides, sine crimine mores, Nudaque simplicitas, purpureusque pudor."
"Pursuits grow into habits."
"Si nec blanda satis, nec erit tibi comis amanti, Perfer et obdura: postmodo mitis erit. Flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus: Frangis, si vires experiere tuas. Obsequio tranantur aquae: nec vincere possis Flumina, si contra, quam rapit unda, nates."
"Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis."
"Militiae species amor est; discedite, segnes: Non sunt haec timidis signa tuenda viris."
"Nec dominam iubeo pretioso munere dones: Parva, sed e parvis callidus apta dato."
"Intret amicitiae nomine tectus amor."
"The event proves well the wisdom of her course."
"Abeunt studia in mores."
"Non veniunt in idem pudor atque amor."
"Tastes change into character."
"You began better than you end: your last attempts must yield the palm to your previous achievements. How little does the man correspond to the promise of the boy!"
"Modesty and love are not at one."
"Nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides. Ei mihi, non tutum est, quod ames, laudare sodali; Cum tibi laudanti credidit, ipse subit."