# Epigrammaton Libri 2.90

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 2.90. Latin.

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Quintiliane,uagae moderator summe iuuentae,
gloria Romanae, Quintiliane, togae,
uiuere quod propero pauper nec inutilis annis,
da ueniam: properat uiuere nemo satis.
Differat hoc patrios optat qui uincere census
atriaque inmodicis artat imaginibus:
me focus et nigros non indignantia fumos
tecta iuuant et fons uiuus et herba rudis.
Sit mihi uerna satur, sit non doctissima coniunx,
sit nox cum somno, sit sine lite dies.

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