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Catullus
26 quotes
“Cui dono lepidum novum libellum Arido modo pumice expolitum?”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque, Et quantum est hominum venustiorum. Passer mortuus est meae puellae, Passer, deliciae meae puellae.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum illuc, unde negant redire quemquam.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thomas Campion, A Book of Airs (1601)
“Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quaeris, quot mihi basiationes tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque?”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Per caputque pedesque.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ipse qui sit, utrum sit an non sit, id quoque nescit.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O quid solutis est beatius curis, cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum, desideratoque acquiescimus lecto? hoc est quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ille mi par esse Deo videtur, ille, si fas est, superare Divos, qui sedens adversus identidem te spectat et audit dulce ridentem.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Otium et reges prius et beatas perdidit urbes.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Verbosa gaudet Venus loquella.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LV, l. 20 (tr. Leonard C. Smithers, 1894)
“Quid datur a divis felici optatius hora?”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ut flos in saeptis secretus nascitur hortis, Ignotus pecori, nullo contusus aratro, Quem mulcent aurae, firmat sol, educat imber; Multi illum pueri, multae optavere puellae.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nunc iam nulla viro iuranti femina credat, nulla viri speret sermones esse fideles; quis dum aliquid cupiens animus praegestit apisci, nil metuunt iurare, nihil promittere parcunt: sed simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est, dicta nihil metuere, nihil periuria curant.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Omnia fanda nefanda malo permixta furore iustificam nobis mentem avertere deorum.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri, Aut aliquem fieri posse putare pium.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Huc est mens deducta tua mea, Lesbia, culpa atque ita se officio perdidit ipsa suo, ut iam nec bene velle queat tibi, si optima fias, nec desistere amare, omnia si facias.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Siqua recordanti benefacta priora voluptas Est homini.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si vitam puriter egi.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus Advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias, Ut te postremo donarem munere mortis Et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem. Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum, Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi, Nunc tamen interea haec prisco quae more parentum Tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias, Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu, Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si quicquam cupido optantique optigit umquam insperanti, hoc est gratum animo proprie.”
Catullus (84–54 BC) said by 54 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source