"Iuppiter ex alto periuria ridet amantum."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers. — Book I, line 633 (tr. J. H. Mozley) — Compare: "At lovers' perjuries, / They say, Jove laughs", Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene 2 — See also: Alison Jones, ed. Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1996), p. 747