It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-standing love. - Catullus

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It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-standing love.

Catullus

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About Catullus

Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC) was a Roman poet, the dominant figure among the New Poets (neoterici) of the 1st century BC.

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Native Name: Gaius Valerius Catullus

Alternative Names: Caius Valerius Catullus

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Virgil Horace Publius Papinius Statius Lucan Ovid

Additional quotes by Catullus

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.

You ask how many kissings of you, Lesbia, are enough for me and more than enough?

I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it, and I am in torment.