Catullus - Gods Quotes

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It is not fit that men should be compared with gods.

Catullus

O ye gods, grant me this in return for my piety.

Catullus

He seems to me to be equal to a god, he, if it may be, seems to surpass the very gods, who sitting opposite you again gazes at you and hears you sweetly laughing.

Catullus

What is given by the gods more desirable than the fortunate hour?

Catullus

He seems to me to be like a God,
even superior to the Gods, if it is
permitted to say so, the man who sits
gazing on you all day and listens to
your sweet laughter.

Catullus

Like a god he seems to me, above the gods, if so may be, who sitting often close to you may see and hear you sweetly laughing, which snatches away all the senses from poor me.

Catullus

All right and wrong, confounded in impious madness, turned from us the righteous will of the gods.

Catullus