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.]
CATULLUSI hate and love. You ask, perhaps, how can that be? I know not, but I feel the agony.
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I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.
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Stop wishing to merit anyone’s gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.
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Away with you, water, destruction of wine!
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Away with you, water, destruction of wine!
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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
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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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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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What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.
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Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.
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Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.
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To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
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There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
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Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
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What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
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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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