“I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.”
Letter to Arthur Moore (February 1899).
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Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetet Incohare Longam (1896). This title too is from Horace: "The short span of life forbids us to entertain long hopes."
“I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.”
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae (1896). The title, a quotation from Horace, means "I am not as I was under good Cynara's reign."
“I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind,
Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng”
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae.