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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there… — Ovid

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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.

In the original Latin

Expedit esse deos, et, ut expedit, esse putemus.

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Ovid. "The Art of Love." The Love Poems, translated by A. D. Melville. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1.
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Ovid. Ars Amatoria [The Art of Love]. c. 2 AD, bk. 1.

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