Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus rumoresque senum severior… - Catullus

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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.

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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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What he himself is, whether he is or is not, he does not know so much as this.

Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri,
Aut aliquem fieri posse putare pium.

Ah, what is more blessed than to put cares away, when the mind lays by its burden, and tired with labour 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.

Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit … - Catullus

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