No legacy is so rich as honesty William Shakespeare, "All's Well that

Ends Well", Act 3 scene 5

Honesty in a relationship is absolutely essential!

If a person is a liar, maybe the words , “I love

you” are just another lie even if this person doesn’t want to hurt his partner’s

feelings.

But in this case these words may hurt the feelings of the other person more than

something else.

Billy Joel

Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard. And mostly what I need from you.

Other persons prefer to live in the hope that honesty is not important but they continue to suffer and to lie

themselves.

One of the most important Latin poets, Catullus, in his poems shows his love for Lesbia even if she

betrays him.

CARME XCII, CATULLUS

Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam

de me: Lesbia me dispeream nisi amat.

Quo signo? Quia sunt totidem mea: deprecor illam

assidue, verum dispeream nisi amo.

Lebia sparla sempre di me, senza respirodi me: morissi se Lesbia non mi ama. Lo so sono come lei: la copro ogni giornodi insulti, ma morissi se io non l’amo.

CARME LXX, CATULLUSNulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle

quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.

Dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti,

in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.

La mia donna dice che non vorrebbe unirsi a nessuno

se non a me, nemmeno se Giove in persona lo chiedesse.

Lo dice: ma ciò che la donna dice al bramoso amante

scrivilo nel vento e nell’acqua che scorre.

IS ANCIENT POETRY STILL LIVING TODEY?

Yes it is. You can see that themes which are in the previous poems of Catullus, are also true in

nowadays.