Quotes About Desire

Tunc amo, tunc odi frustra, quod amare necesse est; tunc ego, sed tecum, mortuus esse uelim.

Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes.

Their useless torches on dry hedges throw, That catch the flames, and kindle all the row; So burns the God, consuming in desire, And feeding in his breast a fruitless fire

your fate is mortal: what you ask for isn't.

For such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination: the stress of ambition left me cold, while the Muse, the creative spirit, was forever urging on me that haven of leisure to which I'd always leaned. The poets of those days I cultivated and cherished: for me, bards were so many gods.

I see and approve of the better, but I follow the worse.

I can live neither with you, nor without you.

Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight

Apollo Loves at first sight; he wants to marry Daphne, He hopes for what he wants—all wishful thinking!

Dicere quae puduit, scribere jussit amor

Should anyone here in Rome lack finesse at love-making, Let him Try me - read my book, and the results are guaranteed! Technique is the secret. Charioteer, sailor, oarsman, All need it. Technique can control Love himself.

He gazes at her lips, and knows that gazing Is not enough. He marvels at her fingers, Her hands, her wrists, her arms, bare to the shoulder, And what he does not see he thinks is better. But still she flees him, swifter than the wind

Since you can never be my bride, My tree at least you shall be! Let the laurel Adorn, henceforth, my hair, my lyre, my quiver: Let Roman victors, in the long procession, Wear laurel wreaths for triumph and ovation.

The first thing to get in your head is that every single Girl can be caught - and that you'll catch her if You set your toils right. Birds will sooner fall dumb in Springtime, Cicadas in summer, or a hunting-dog Turn his back on a hare, than a lover's bland inducements Can fail with a woman, Even one you suppose Reluctant will want it.

Aliudque cupido, mens aliud suadet: video meliora proboque,deteriora sequor!

To feed her love on melancholy sorrow

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

To wish for what you want is not enough; With ardent longing you must strive for it.

Quem põe ponto final numa paixão com o ódio, ou ainda ama, ou não consegue deixar de sofrer.

dumque sitim sedare cupit, sitis altera crevit

Lesbia quid docuit Sappho nisi amare puellas?

una duos nox perdet amantes. one night loses two lovers.

Saepe tepent alii iuvenes: ego semper amavi,/ Et si, quid faciam, nunc quoque, quaeris, amo.

How I wish your eyes were able to pierce deep down to my heart and catch a glimpse of your father's anxiety.