Gaius Valerius Potitus

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    “What a woman says to her avid lover
    Should be written in wind and running water.”
    —Catullus [Gaius Valerius Catullus] (87–54 B.C.)

    “The night discharged of all care
    Where wine may bear no sovereignty;
    The chaste wife wise, without debate;
    Such sleeps as may beguile the night;
    Contented with thine own estate;
    Neither wish death, nor fear his might.”
    —Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialus)