”… sic deus in flammas abiit, sic pectore toto uritur et sterilem sperando nurit amorem”.
“and thus the god becomes totally inflamed, so he burns in his whole heart, and nourishes barren love by hoping”.
-- Ovid, Daphne and Apollo from the Metamorphoses
It seems that even ancient Romans knew what it was to be futilely in love.
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