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Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet → May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.

Pervigilium Veneris

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sōbrĭĕtas: ātis, f. sobrius,
I sobriety (post-Aug.).
I Lit., temperance in drinking, Sen. Tranq. 15, 16; Val. Max. 6, 3, 9.— Hence Sobrietas personified, the enemy of Venus, App. M. 5, p. 172, 20; Prud. Psych. 450.—
II In gen., moderation, temperance, continence (cf.: modestas, temperantia): vitae, Dig. 1, 7, 17 fin.; Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 9.—
   B Trop., reasonableness, prudence: consiliorum, Amm. 31, 10, 19.