"Non ego divitibus venio praeceptor amandi: Nil opus est illi, qui dabit, arte mea; Secum habet ingenium, qui, cum libet, 'accipe' dicit."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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I come not to teach the rich to love; he who will give has no need of my art; he who when he pleases says, "Accept," has wit enough of his own. — Book II, line 161 (tr. J. H. Mozley)