پاسخ : What poets say about love Credula res amor est. Love is a credulous thing. Ovid””Metamorphoses. VII. 826. Heroides. VI. 21 Otia si tollas, periere cupidinis arcus. If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power. Ovid””Remedia Amoris. C***IX
پاسخ : What poets say about love Qui finem quæris amoris; (Cedit amor rebus) res age; tutus eris. If thou wishest to put an end to love, attend to business (love yields to employment); then thou wilt be safe. Ovid””Remedia Amoris. CXLIII
پاسخ : What poets say about love Let those love now who never lov’d before, Let those who always loved now love the more. Thos. Parnell””Trans. of the Pervigilium Veneris. Ancient poem. Author unknown. Ascribed to Catullus. See also Burton””Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. III. Sec. II. Memb. 5. 5
پاسخ : What poets say about love The moods of love are like the wind, And none knows whence or why they rise. Coventry Patmore””The Angel in the House. Sarum Plain
پاسخ : What poets say about love My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid’s curse, They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! George Peele””Cupid’s Curse; From the Arraignment of Paris
پاسخ : What poets say about love What thing is love?”” for (well I wot) love is a thing. It is a prick, it is a sting. It is a pretty, pretty thing; It is a fire, it is a coal, Whose flame creeps in at every hole! George Peele””Miscellaneous Poems. The Hunting of Cupid
پاسخ : What poets say about love Love will make men dare to die for their beloved””love alone; and women as well as men. Plato””The Symposium
پاسخ : What poets say about love Qui amat, tamen hercle si esurit, nullum esurit. He that is in love, faith, if he be hungry, is not hungry at all. Plautus””Casina. IV. 2. 16 Amor et melle et felle est fœcundissimus: Gustu dat dulce, amarum ad satietatem usque aggerit. Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety. Plautus””Cistellaria. I. 1. 71
پاسخ : What poets say about love Auro contra cedo modestum amatorem. Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold. Plautus””Curculio. I. 3. 45 Qui in amore præcipitavit pejus perit, quam si saxo saliat. He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. Plautus””Trinummus. II. 1. 30
پاسخ : What poets say about love A lover’s soul lives in the body of his mistress. Plutarch Ah! what avails it me the flocks to keep, Who lost my heart while I preserv’d my sheep. Pope””Autumn. L. 79
