"Si nec blanda satis, nec erit tibi comis amanti, Perfer et obdura: postmodo mitis erit. Flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus: Frangis, si vires experiere tuas. Obsequio tranantur aquae: nec vincere possis Flumina, si contra, quam rapit unda, nates."
— Ovid

January 1, 1970

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If she's cool and unwilling to be wooed, Just take it, don't weaken; in time she'll soften her mood. Bending a bough the right way, gently, makes It easy; use brute force, and it breaks. With swimming rivers it's the same— Go with, not against, the current. — Book II, lines 177–182 (tr. James Michie)