"Ut ameris, amabilis esto."
— Ars Amatoria
January 1, 1970
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That you may be loved, be lovable. — Book II, line 107 (tr. J. H. Mozley) — Compare: Si vis amari, ama. ("If you wish to be loved, love"), attributed to Hecato by Seneca the Younger in Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistle IX — See also: Kevin Guinagh, ed. Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations (1972), p. 284
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That you may be loved, be lovable. — Book II, line 107 (tr. J. H. Mozley) — Compare: Si vis amari, ama. ("If you wish to be loved, love"), attributed to Hecato by Seneca the Younger in Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistle IX — See also: Kevin Guinagh, ed. Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations (1972), p. 284