"Militat omnis amans, et habet sua castra Cupido: Attice, crede mihi, militat omnis amans. Que bello est habilis, Veneri quoque convenit, ætas; Turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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Each lover’s a soldier, believe me, Serenus; Cupid too has his camp, for each lover must fight: The best age for war is the best age for Venus; Old soldiers, old lovers, are both a sad sight. — 1, 9, 1 — Cf. 2, 233: Militiæ species amor est: discedite segnes; Non sunt hee timidis signa tuenda viris.Love is a kind of war: sluggards, depart! Its ranks cannot be kept by craven heart.