The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.
CATULLUS
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
More Catullus Quotes
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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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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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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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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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But you shall not escape my iambics.
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I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I do and I am tortured. [Lat., Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.]
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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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My lady’s sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady’s delight
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The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.
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What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
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I hate and love. You ask, perhaps, how can that be? I know not, but I feel the agony.
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I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?
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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
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Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs.
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