“We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.”

— Ovid , book Amores

Variant translation: We hunt for things unlawful with swift feet, / As if forbidden joys were only sweet.
Book III; iv, 17
Amores (Love Affairs)

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Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.

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Roman poet -43–17 BC

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