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Catullus Quotations

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against the will of the godsdis invitis
all our ears had a restrequierant omnibus aures
and he's never quietnec tacet umquam
as is your customut mos est tuus
as many as are and werequot sunt quotque fuere
as much as anyone canquantum qui pote
as you were accustomedut solita es
at a great pricemagno cum pretio
at my houseapud me
both of usuterque nostrum
but if by chanceat si forte
but that was thensed haec prius fuere
but you'll be sorryat tu dolebis
by what signquo signo
chilling coldgravedo frigida
curses on youvobis male sit
dearer than goldcarius auro
do this however you wishhoc qua lubet efficias
fires eat at my inmost bonesignes interiorem edunt medullam
for that fat-headilli fatuo
from a good beginningab auspicio bono
fruitless and in vainfrustra ac nequiquam
give me a thousand kisses then a hundredda mi basia mille, deinde centum
hacking coughfrequens tussis
he marvels at himselfse ipse miratur
he'll tear up the roadviam vorabit
I answered what was factrespondi id quod erat
I forgive youignosco tibi
I made a poem for youtibi poema feci
I no longer ask thatnon iam illud quaero
I'll be darneddispeream
I've come home to my nestvenimus larem ad nostrum
if he's wisesi sapiet
in your country estatein tua suburbana/villa
it bothers youtibi molestum est
it would be foreverperpetuumque fore
it's beyond you stupidfugit te, inepte
it's harddifficile est
it's not right to fightnon aequom est pugnare
I would meet a lionveniam obvius leoni
let us live my dear and let us loveVivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
may it last more than a centuryplus uno maneat perenne saeclo
my charming friendvenuste noster
my ears are ringingtintinant aures
my purse is full of cobwebsplenus sacculus est aranearum
neither here nor therenec hic neque illic
no wonder!nimirum
now don’t be rashnunc audax cave sis
now here now theremodo huc modo illuc
now I know younunc te cognovi
oh evil deed !o factum male!
oh uncouth, uncool ageo saeclum insapiens et infacetum!
oh what is happier than problems solvedo quid solutis est beatius curis
scarcely believing myselfvix mi ipse credens
snaky-sneaking up on memihi subrepens
so keep for yourself whatever this isquare habe tibi quidquid hoc
something or othernescio quid
stop being a fooldesinas ineptire
suns may rise and setsoles occidere et redire possunt
thanks to that oneillius culpa
they work with all their mindtota mente laborant
to like lessbene velle minus
to love moreamare magis
we must sleep an endless nightnox est perpetua una dormienda
what can’t bequod non potis est
whether you can’t or cansive id non pote sive pote
whom will you love now?quem nunc amabis?
whom you know wellquem probe nosti
why torture yourself more?cur amplius excrucies
you don't believe me?non credis mihi?
you think this is witty?hoc salsum esse putas?
you'll beg the godsdeos rogabis


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