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" We should live, my Lesbia, and love
And value all the talk of stricter
Old men at a single penny.
Suns can set and rise again;
For us, once our brief light has set,
There's one unending night for sleeping.
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
Then another thousand, then a second hundred,
Then still another thousand, then a hundred;
Then, when we've made many thousands,
We'll muddle them so as not to know
Or lest some villain overlook us
Knowing the total of our kisses.

(Translated by Guy Lee) "

Catullus , The Complete Poems


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Catullus quote : We should live, my Lesbia, and love<br />And value all the talk of stricter<br />Old men at a single penny.<br />Suns can set and rise again;<br />For us, once our brief light has set,<br />There's one unending night for sleeping.<br />Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,<br />Then another thousand, then a second hundred,<br />Then still another thousand, then a hundred;<br />Then, when we've made many thousands,<br />We'll muddle them so as not to know<br />Or lest some villain overlook us<br />Knowing the total of our kisses.<br /><br />(Translated by Guy Lee)