Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 1, epigram 28 (1.28) (AD 85-86) [tr. Wright (1663)] - Martial | WIST Quotations
Who says with last night's wine Acerra stinks, Is much deceived: till day Acerra drinks. [Hesterno fetere mero qui credit Acerram, Fallitur: in lucem semper Acerra bibit.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Acerra smells of last night's wine, you say. Don't wrong Acerra: he topes on till day. [tr. Elphinston (1782),…
