"Litore quot conchae, tot sunt in amore dolores; Quae patimur, multo spicula felle madent."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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As many as the shells that are on the shore, so many are the pains of love; the darts that wound are steeped in much poison. — Book II, line 519 (tr. J. H. Mozley)