Ovid:

What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire.

— Ovid Ancient

Metamorphoses

Ars Amatoria (Book 3, Line 397).

c. 2 BCE

Verification

Unverifiable

Found in 1 providers: gemini

Cross Reference

1 source

"The envious man grows lean at another's success."

"Love is a kind of warfare."

"Est deus in nobis, agitante calescimus illo."

"The timid lover is seldom successful."

"The lover is ever insecure."