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Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 2, epigram 86 (2.86.9-10) (AD 86) [tr. Francis & Tatum (1924), #105] - Martial | WIST Quotations
'Tis hard bewildering riddles to compose And labour lost to work at nonsense prose. [Turpe est difficiles habere nugas, Et stultus labor est ineptiarum.] Discussing writing elaborate or highly stylized poetry forms. (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Disgraceful 't is unto a poet's name Difficult toys to make his highest am:…