Umění milovat a nemilovat – Ovidius Publius Naso (2020)

Ovid is here with his Art of Love and Not to Love for you who live by love, bow to it, blissfully ascend to its peaks, and risk a devastating fall. In Ovid, both men and women will find an initiated guide to the mysteries of love, as well as prompts and inspiration on where and how to seek love, how to nurture it once found, how to maintain it, and when a relationship sometimes loses its illusions, how to remedy the situation – all in charming verses in the rhythm of modern times. Often, we do not have to go far for love: I do not command those who seek, / to stretch the sails and sail with the wind: / he who wants to find has only / a little way ahead of him. A practical tip is to invite your chosen partner to a performance: Sit close to your lady / (what would stop you?), / press against her with your side, / as much body to body as possible… or for a drink: There, more than once a young fairy / has stolen hearts from young men, / when she poured the flame into the fire / Venus, tipsy on wine… It is necessary to persevere and prove oneself: Personally hold up / a properly stretched sunshade over her, / open the way for her with your own body / in the rush of the street and definitely do not forget about a well-groomed appearance: Let your foot not drift aimlessly / in worn-out shoes, / let the tongue not stick out defiantly / and let rust not speak with hooks. … Let...