"Quid tibi praecipiam teneros quoque mittere versus? Ei mihi, non multum carmen honoris habet. Carmina laudantur, sed munera magna petuntur: Dummodo sit dives, barbarus ipse placet. Aurea sunt vere nunc saecula: plurimus auro Venit honos: auro conciliatur amor."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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Shall I bid you send tender verses also? Alas, a poem is not much honoured. Poems are praised, but costly gifts are sought; so he be wealthy, even a barbarian pleases. Now truly is the age of gold: by gold comes many an honour, by gold is affection gained. — Book II, line 273 (tr. J. H. Mozley)