Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 1, epigram 64 (1.64) (AD 85-86) [tr. Pott & Wright (1921), "The Boaster"] - Martial | WIST Quotations
You’re rich and young, as all confess, And none denies your loveliness; But when we hear your boastful tongue You’re neither pretty, rich, nor young. [Bella es, novimus, et puella, verum est, Et dives, quis enim potest negare? Sed cum te nimium, Fabulla, laudas, Nec dives neque bella nec puella…
