It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love.

Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem,

Catullus

Carmina

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Topic

Lost love Broken heart Love

Author

Catullus

Source

Carmina

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

54 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Carmina. c. 1481, no. 76, l. 13.

Current Citation

Cattulus, Gaius Valerius. The Poems of Catullus, translated by Guy Lee. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 76, l. 13.

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Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr

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Topic
Nature of love Love
Speaker
Damilcar

Author

John Dryden
Source
Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1669 1660s 17th century
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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr. Performed by Nell Gwyn and Margaret Hughes and Michael Mohun and Charles Hart and Rebecca Marshall and William Cartwright. King's Company, 1669, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Tyrannick Love." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Maximillian E. Nozak and George R. Guffey. Vol. 10, University of California, 1970.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Leadership Caring for others

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 17, l. 246.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 17, l. 246.

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What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Topic
Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian
Source
On the Prescription of Heretics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
220 220s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.