auligam

Updated: May 15, 2025

Only one passage is quotable from these epigrams, which are entitled: IN PICTAVIAM, ANAM AULIGAM. "A painted trap catches no game," says the poet, after telling Diane that she painted her face and bought her teeth and hair. "You may buy all that superficially makes a woman, but you can't buy that your lover wants; for he wants life, and you are dead."

Honoré de Balzac - Catherine De Medici