“So I can't live either without you or with you.”

—  Ovid , book Amores

The quote "So I can't live either without you or with you." is famous quote by Ovid (-43–17 BC), Roman poet.

Variant translation: Thus, I can neither live without you nor with you.
Book III; xib, 39
Compare: Nec possum tecum vivere nec sine te ("I cannot live with you nor without you"), Martial, Epigrams XII, 46
Amores (Love Affairs)

Original

Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum.

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