"Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona; carpite florem, Qui, nisi carptus erit, turpiter ipse cadet."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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Our charms depart all on their own, so pluck the bloom. For if you don't, it meets a wasted doom. — Book III, lines 79–80 (tr. Len Krisak)