[2] Youmustexcept, nevertheless, MarcusAntonius1thehalfpartneroftheempireofRome; andAppiusClaudiusthedecemvir2, andlawgiver: whereoftheformerwasindeedavoluptuousman, andinordinate; butthelatterwasanaustereandwiseman: andthereforeitseems (thoughrarely) thatlovecanfindentrance, notonlyintoanopenheart, butalsointoaheartwellfortified, ifwatchbenotwellkept.ItisapoorsayingofEpicurus3,satismagnumalteralteritheatrumsumus4: asifman, madeforthecontemplationofheavenandallnobleobjects, shoulddonothing, butkneelbeforealittleidol, andmakehimselfsubject, thoughnotofthemouth (asbeastsare) yetoftheeye, , tonotetheexcessofthispassion, andhowitbraves5thenatureandvalueofthings; bythis, ; forwhereasithathbeenwellsaid, thatthearch-flatterer, withwhomallthepettyflatterershaveintelligence6, isaman’sself; certainly, , astheloverdothofthepersonloved: andtherefore, itwaswellsaid, thatitisimpossibletolove, , andnottothepartyloved; buttotheloved, mostofall: exceptthelovebereciproque7.
[3] Foritisatruerule, thatloveiseverrewarded, eitherwiththereciproque, , menoughttobewareofthispassion, whichlosethnotonlyotherthings, , thepoet’srelationdothwellfigurethem; thathethatpreferredHelena, , ; whicharegreatprosperityandgreatadversity; , andmakeitmorefervent, , who, iftheycannotbutadmitlove, yetmakeitkeepquarter, andseveritwhollyfromtheirseriousaffairs, andactionsoflife: forifitcheckoncewithbusiness, ittroublethmen’sfortunes, andmakethmen, thattheycannowaysbetruetotheirownends.
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