Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 79 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
I have given you much you asked; I have given you more than you asked; yet you do not cease continually to ask me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, is capable of anything.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 79 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1431/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 79 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/1431/.
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