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Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 2, epigram 30 (2.30) (AD 86) [tr. Nixon (1911), "Neither a Borrower"] - Martial | WIST Quotations
I had hardly thought by asking For five hundred I'd be tasking The kindness of a rich old friend like you. "Practice law," you said, "it's healthy, And it soon will make you wealthy." Now, Gaius, tell me "Yes," not what to do. [Mutua viginti sestertia forte rogabam, Quae vel…