Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 75 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You wish to receive services without paying for them, although you are ugly and an old woman. It is a thing too ridiculous: you wish to give, and yet not to give.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 75 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/961/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 75 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/961/.
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