Liv Reads Ovid: Valentine's Selections from the Ars Amatoria
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Mistakes of a Lady
A multitude comes to be instructed both pretty and ugly damsels. The unsightly are ever more in number than the good looking. Conceal your blemishes and so far as you can hide the imperfections of your person. If you are short, sit down that while standing you may not appear to be sitting. And if of a diminutive size, throw yourself upon your couch. When the sea is calm, the sailor rests free from care. When it becomes boisterous, he appeals to his own resources.
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