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Pentadius Quotes

Pentadius (fl. c. 3rd or 4th century AD) was a Latin poet of Late Antiquity. He was of North African origin, and seemingly a Christian.

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Trust to the winds thy barque, but to a girl
Never thy heart's affections; for the swirl
Of ocean wave is less to be eschewed
Than woman's faith. No woman can be good,
Or if a good one comes, then freakish fate
Good out of ill has managed to create.

This is he who trusted overmuch in the pools which were his kin—the youth Narcissus, worthy of no counterfeit love. You behold him making again from the moist meadow for the river-banks in hope of beholding the waters which wrought his doom.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pentadius (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.