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It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

Catullus

The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.
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Fond Promise Stream Vow Woman
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
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Book Little Myself One Liner
So a maiden, whilst she remains untouched, so long is she dear to her own; when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied body, she remains neither lovely to boys nor dear to girls.
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Chaste Herself Lost Maid Sex Women
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
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Desire Difficult Hard Time Love Relationship
Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]
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Darkness Path Return Travel
Godlike the man who sits at her side, who watches and catches that laughter which (softly) tears me to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time I see her.
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Admire Herself Man Myself Relationship Side Time
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
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Foolish Laugh One Liner
Stop wishing to merit anyone’s gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.
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Gratitude Oneself Stop Thinking
Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
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Deserve Give Up Gratitude Thankful Thinking
The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.
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Angry Favor God Right Wild Wrong
I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know: I only feel it, and I am torn in two.
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Agony Emotion Feeling Hate Known Love Myself Tear
Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.
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Better Death Gratitude Live Worth
It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
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Confirm Difficult One Liner Passion
But you shall not escape my iambics.
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Escape Yourself
What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
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Lover Myself Running Water Women Writing
My mind’s sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn’t like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.
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Love Low Mindset Stop Women Wreck Yourself

It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

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