Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 13: Ad Auctum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Anger's a kinde of gain that rich men know:
It costs them less to hate then to bestow.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 13: Ad Auctum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/272/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 13: Ad Auctum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/272/.
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