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Remedia amoris

Ovid Original title Remedia amoris (Latin)

Remedia Amoris is an 814-line poem in Latin by Roman poet Ovid.


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“Let him who loves, where love success may find,
Spread all his sails before the prosp'rous wind;
But let poor youths who female scorn endure,
And hopeless burn, repair to me for cure.”

Siquis amat quod amare iuvat, feliciter ardens Gaudeat, et vento naviget ille suo. At siquis male fert indignae regna puellae, Ne pereat, nostrae sentiat artis opem.

Source: Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love), Lines 13-16

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“Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.”
Principiis obsta; sero medicina paratur Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.

Source: Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love), Lines 91–92

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“Love yields to business. If you seek a way out of love, be busy; you'll be safe then.”
Qui finem quaeris amoris, Cedit amor rebus; res age, tutus eris.

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

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