I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.
CATULLUS
Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs.
More Catullus Quotes
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I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.
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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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There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
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Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.
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Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.
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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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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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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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I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?
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Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
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What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.]
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I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.
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Away with you, water, destruction of wine!
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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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Stop wishing to merit anyone’s gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.
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Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!
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