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.]
CATULLUSGive up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
More Catullus Quotes
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I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?
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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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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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Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
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We see not our own backs.
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Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.
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Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs.
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It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
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Away with you, water, destruction of wine!
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What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
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But you shall not escape my iambics.
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Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!
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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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Away with you, water, destruction of wine!
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It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
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