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Jupiter laughs at the false oaths of lovers.

— Tibullus Misattributed

Periuria ridet amantum
Iuppiter.

Original text (Latin)

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Notes from Wikiquote

Cf. Ovid, Ars Amatoria, I, 633, and Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, II, ii, 92–3

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