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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3291 Thomas Parnell 1679-1718 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3291
AUTHOR:Thomas Parnell (1679–1718)
QUOTATION:Let those love now who never loved before;
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
ATTRIBUTION:Translation of the Pervigilium Veneris. 1
 
Note 1.
Written in the time of Julius Cæsar, and by some ascribed to Catullus:

Cras amet qui numquam amavit;
Quique amavit, cras amet
(Let him love to-morrow who never loved before; and he as well who has loved, let him love to-morrow). [back]