Social Commentaries
Book XIV, 2 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You can finish this little book at whatever point you like; every subject is summed up in two verses. If you ask why headings are added, I will explain: it is that, if you prefer, you may read the headings only.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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