Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 20 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Although no day passes but you compose two hundred verses. Varus, you recite none of them. You have no wit — and yet are wise.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 20 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1005/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 20 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1005/.
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