Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
CatullusRead
My mind's sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn't like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep emotional conflict, showcasing the struggle between love and the pain caused by the beloved.
In this quote, Catullus articulates the turmoil of intense love intertwined with suffering. He reveals how his feelings for Claudia have caused him so much distress that no matter her actions, he cannot cease to love or regard her positively, illustrating the complexities of love that can lead to both joy and anguish.
In practice
In a discussion about the complexities of relationships, one could use this quote to illustrate the challenges of loving someone despite their flaws.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
Godlike the man who_x000D_ sits at her side, who_x000D_ watches and catches_x000D_ that laughter_x000D_ which (softly) tears me_x000D_ to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time_x000D_ I see her.
Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
This is the God of the gospel of grace. A God who, out of love for us, sent the only Son He ever had wrapped in our skin. He learned how to walk, stumbled and fell, cried for His milk, sweated blood in the night, was lashed with a whip and showered with spit, was fixed to a cross, and died whispering forgiveness on us all.
Remove all the walls and curtains so you can get closer and purely love. Have principles but do not use them to exclude or to judge the others. Stay far from idols, specially from those you made from your own principles. Have a powerful faith, but do not play the powerful.
When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.
I understand lost love, and I think that can destroy a man more than anything if it was a deep love that is lost somehow.
Neither loss of father, nor loss of mother, dear as she was to Mr Thornton, could have poisoned the remembrance of the weeks, the days, the hours, when a walk of two miles, every step of which was pleasant, as it brought him nearer and nearer to her, took him to her sweet presence - every step of which was rich, as each recurring moment that bore him away from her made him recal some fresh grace in her demeanour, or pleasant pungency in her character.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
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