To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? Catullus More Quotes by Catullus More Quotes From Catullus Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. Catullus pathdarkdeath What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. Catullus aquaairlove Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more. Catullus funny-valentines-daykissinggiving It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion. Catullus difficultpassionlove 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. Catullus hatelovetwo But you shall not escape my iambics. Catullus humorfunny It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem Catullus giving-uplovelong Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is! Catullus illage Godlike the man who Catullus laughtertearsmen 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. Catullus religioushandspeople Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all. Catullus birdsongsparrowsbird Nothing is more silly than silly laughter. Catullus laughtersilly Ah, what is more blessed than to put cares away, when the mind lays by its burden, and tired with labor of far travel we have come to our own home and rest on the couch we longed for? This it is which alone is worth all these toils. Catullus tiredblessedhome Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful. Catullus gratitudegratefulgiving-up There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est Catullus laughterfoolishlaughing Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale Catullus good-byebrotherbye We see not our own backs. Catullus 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. Catullus hatehatredlove Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. Catullus walletsfaults For the godly poet must be chaste himself, but there is no need for his verses to be so. Catullus godlypoetneeds
