“Love yields to business. If you seek a way out of love, be busy; you'll be safe then.”

— Ovid , book Remedia amoris

Source: Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love), Lines 143–144

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Qui finem quaeris amoris, Cedit amor rebus; res age, tutus eris.

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Roman poet -43–17 BC

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