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QVINTIA formosa est multis. mihi candida, longa,
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QUINTIA is thought beautiful by many; I think her fair, tall,
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recta est: haec ego sic singula confiteor.
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and straight. I so far allow each of these points,
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totum illud formosa nego: nam nulla uenustas,
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but I demur to " beautiful," for she has no grace;
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nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis.
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there is not in the whole compass of her tall person one grain of salt.
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Lesbia formosa est, quae cum pulcerrima tota est,
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Lesbia is beautiful: for she possesses all the beauties,
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tum omnibus una omnis surripuit Veneres
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and has stolen all the graces from all the women alone for herself.
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