Catullus Quotes about Love

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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.

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

Love, Hate, Two

Gaius Valerius Catullus (1983). “The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition”, p.197, Univ of California Press

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

Catullus

Love, Passion, Difficult

What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.]

Catullus

Love, Air, Aqua

It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

Catullus

Love, Giving Up, Long

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. [Lat., Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.]

Catullus

Love, Hate, Hatred