Gaius Valerius Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 B.C.) was a great Roman Latin lyric poet, born at Verona, a man of wealth and good standing, being, it would seem, of the equestrian order. He was associated with the best wits in Rome. Catullus fell in love with Clodia, a patrician lady, who was the inspiration, both in peace and war, of many of his effusions, and whom he addresses as Lesbia. The death of a brother affected him deeply, and was the occasion of the production of one of the most pathetic elegies ever penned. In the civic strife of the time he sided with the senate, and opposed Cæsar to the length of directing against him a coarse lampoon.Wisdom & Quotes
- Nothing is sillier than silly laughter.
Virgil