Saturday, March 14, 2026

Ovid

Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)

“A celibate life is something I’d only wish
On my very worst enemies.”

  • From The Amores (2.10.16-17) by Ovid, translated by Peter Green in The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics, 1982).

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