Liv Reads Ovid: Valentine's Selections from the Ars Amatoria
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The Sense of Time
Time itself removes all blemishes from the person. And what was a fault, in lapse of time ceases to be. The nostrils that are unaccustomed to are not able to endure the hides of bulls. We may palliate faults by names. Let her be called swarthy, whose blood is blacker than the pitch of ilyria. If yellow haired, like minerva, she that is only half alive through her leanness. Whatever woman is small, say that she is active. Her that is gross, call plump. This age o youths, or even one more advanced, has its advantages. While strength and years permit endure labour. Soon will bending.
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