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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Tibullus

Credula vitam / Spes fovet, et fore cras semper ait melius—Credulous hope cherishes life, and ever whispers to us that to-morrow will be better.

Est nobis voluisse satis—To have willed suffices us.

Hei mihi! difficile est imitari gaudia falsa! / Difficile est tristi fingere mente jocum—Ah me! it is hard to feign the joys one does not feel, hard to feign mirth when one’s heart is sad.

Illam, quicquid agit, quoquo vestigia flectit, / Componit furtim, subsequiturque decor—In whatever she does, wherever she turns, grace steals into her movements and attends her steps.

Perfida, sed quamvis perfida, cara tamen—Faithless, but, though faithless, still dear.