Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 81 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You will always be poor, if you are poor, Aemilianus. Wealth is given to-day to none save the rich.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 81 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/800/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 81 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/800/.
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