by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle...
Language: Latin
Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri
aut aliquem fieri posse putare pium.
Omnia sunt ingrata, nihil fecisse benigne
immo etiam taedet, taedet obestque magis;
ut mihi, quem nemo gravius nec acerbius urget,
quam modo qui me unum atque unicum amicum habuit.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Catullus Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, London: William Heinemann, 1928, page 152.
Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 73 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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