Let the man who does not wish to be idle fall in love!
Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet!
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Book I; ix, 46
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If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power.
By arts, sails, and oars, ships are rapidly moved; arts move the light chariot, and establish love.
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