Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 45 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
If my little books contain anything delicate and toothsome, if my flattering page has any ring of eulogy, this you call tasteless and prefer to gnaw a rib, although I offer you the loin of a Laurentine boar. You may drink Vatican if you are pleased with vinegar: my wine-jar does not suit your stomach.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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