Sudden love takes
the longest time to be cured.
(La Bruyère: Of the Affections.)
Συντάκτης: Θεοδόσης
Ovid, «Take away leisure…»
Take away leisure
and Cupid’s bow is broken.
(Ovid: Remedia Amoris.)
Vauvenargues, «Habit…»
Habit is everything – even in love.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Callimachus, «Lover’s vows…»
Lovers’ vows do not reach the ears of the gods.
(Callimachus.)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, «Selfishness…»
Selfishness is one of the qualities
apt to inspire love.
(Nathaniel Hawthorne: American Notebooks.)
Terence, «The anger…»
The anger of lovers renews their love.
(Terence: The Woman of Andros.)
Ovid, «Love…»
Love is a kind of warfare.
(Ovid: Ars Amatoria.)
Tasso, «Any time…»
Any time that is not spent on love is wasted.
(Tasso.)
Emerson, «Love…»
Love is the bright foreigner,
the foreign self.
(Emerson: Compensation.)
Chateaubriand, «The more serious…»
The more serious the face,
the more beautiful the smile.
(Chateaubriand: Memoires d’Outre-Tombe.)