Social Commentaries
Book XI, 156
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Do you suppose that your beard creates brains and therefore you grow that fly-flapper? Take my advice and shave it off at once; for that beard is a creator of lice and not of brains.
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Ammianus. “Book XI, 156.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ammianus/11/.
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