Book IV, Epigram 56 (Ker)

Because you send huge presents to old men and to widows, do you want me, Gargilianus, to call you munificent? There is nothing more sordid, nothing more filthy than your unrivalled self who venture to call your enticements gifts. So the perfidious hook flatters greedy fish, so the crafty bait deceives foolish wild beasts. What is generosity, what is giving, I will teach you if you don't know; give, Gargilianus, to me.