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Women

Latin language proverbs and phrases about women.

I Would Love to Live and Die with You

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Tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens (Horace)
I would love to live and die with you.

A Woman Is Always Different and Inconstant

Varium et mutabile semper femina (Virgil)
Woman is always different and inconstant.

A Prostitute

Proseda
A prostitute.

When a Lady Has Lost her Virtue, She Will Not Shrink from Other Things

Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abnuerit (Tacitus)
When a lady has lost her virtue, she will not shrink from other things.

Pick Roses in the Morning, so They Do not Fade; a Young Woman Ages Quickly

Ne pereant lege mane rosas: cito virgo senescit (Florus)
Pick roses in the morning, before they fade: a young woman ages quickly.