# Epigrammaton Libri 5.42

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 5.42. Latin.

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Callidus effracta nummos fur auferet arca,
prosternet patrios impia flamma lares;
debitor usuram pariter sortemque negabit,
non reddet sterilis semina iacta seges;
dispensatorem fallax spoliabit amica,
mercibus extructas obruet unda rates.
Extra fortunam est quidquid donatur amicis:
quas dederis solas semper habebis opes.

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