Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 44 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
You believe yourself to be a pleasant jester, Calliodorus, and alone overflowing with streams of wit. At all you sneer, you shoot your scoffs against all; so, as a guest, you opine you can please. But if I may make a remark, not smart indeed, but true, no man, Calliodorus, will pass the cup in pledge to you.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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