# Epigrammaton Libri 1.8

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.8. Latin.

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Quod magni Thraseae consummatique Catonis
dogmata sic sequeris saluos ut esse uelis,
pectore nec nudo strictos incurris in ensis,
quod fecisse uelim te, Deciane, facis.
Nolo uirum facili redemit qui sanguine famam,
hunc uolo, laudari qui sine morte potest.

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