Marcus Valerius

Famous quotes containing the words marcus valerius, marcus and/or valerius:

    The country in the town. [Rus in urbe.]
    Marcus Valerius Martial (c. 40–104)

    No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.
    —Greil Marcus (b. 1945)

    Ye Cupids, droop each little head,
    Nor let your wings with joy be spread:
    My Lesbia’s favourite bird is dead,
    Whom dearer than her eyes she loved.
    Catullus [Gaius Valerius Catullus] (84–54 B.C.)