The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.
CATULLUSThe confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.
More Catullus Quotes
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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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My lady’s sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady’s delight
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Stop wishing to merit anyone’s gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.
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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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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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To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
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It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
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Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
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Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.
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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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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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It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
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I hate and love. And why, perhaps you’ll ask. I don’t know: but I feel, and I’m tormented.
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