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A quotation from Catullus

I still should not want you to smile on all occasions:
for nothing is more silly than a silly smile.

[Tamen renidere usque quaque te nollem;
Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]

Catullus (c. 84 BC – c. 54 BC) Latin poet [Gaius Valerius Catullus]
Carmina # 39 β€œTo Egnatius,” ll. 15-16 [tr. McDonnell (1998)]

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Carmina # 39 "To Egnatius," ll. 15-16 [tr. McDonnell (1998)] - Catullus | WIST Quotations

I still should not want you to smile on all occasions: for nothing is more silly than a silly smile. [Tamen renidere usque quaque te nollem; Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: E'en then that...

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A quotation from Wolcot, John

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt;
And every grin, so merry, draws one out.

John Wolcot (1738-1819) English satirist (pseud. Peter Pindar)
Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke and a Little Lord, Ode 15, ll. 5-6 (1789)

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Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke and a Little Lord, Ode 15, ll. 5-6 (1789) - Wolcot, John | WIST Quotations

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt; And every grin, so merry, draws one out.

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