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Perjury: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Nec jurare time; Veneris perjuria venti Irrita per terras et freta summa ferunt, Gratia magna Jovi; vetuit pater ipse valere, Jurâsset cupide quicquid ineptus amor. Fear not to swear; the winds carry the perjuries of lovers without effect over land and sea, thanks to Jupiter. The father of the gods himself has denied effect to what foolish lovers in their eagerness have sworn.— TIBULLUS — Carmina. I. 4. 21.

Perjuria ridet amantium Jupiter et ventos irrita ferre jubet. At lovers' perjuries Jove laughs and throws them idly to the winds.— TIBULLUS — Carmina. III. 6. 49.