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Classical antiquity1 quote
It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love. — Catullus · 54 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
Even as one heat another heat expels,
Or as one nail by strength drives out another,
So the remembrance of my former love
Is by a newer object quite forgotten. — William Shakespeare · 1616