Ovid43 BC–AD 17- Heroides, I, 12
- Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book I, line 720; translated by J. Lewis May in The Love Books of Ovid, 1930
- Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book II, line 107
- Amores (Love Affairs), Book I; ix, 46
Love yields to business. If you seek a way out of love, be busy; you’ll be safe then.
Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love), Lines 143–144





