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] |