Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 85 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
Your writing, not without wit, certain quatrains, your composing nicely a few distichs, Sabellus, applaud, yet am not surprised. 'Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 85 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/971/.
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