"Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen. — Book I, line 99 (tr. Henry T. Riley) — Compare: "And for to see, and eek for to be seye", Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Prologue", line 6134