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“Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.”

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Martial, born on March 1, 40, and died in 102, was a renowned Roman poet known for his lyric and satirical poems. His works are characterized by their unique style and beautiful language, and have had a profound impact on literature throughout history. more

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Author:Martial

“I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.”

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Book:The Epigrams of Martial

Source: The Epigrams of Martial

“A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.”

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Book:The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources

Source: The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources

“I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.”

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Author:Martial

“You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.”

Giving Three Wish Eating Hundred Praise Dinner Excellent Verses Baths Dine

Book:The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources

Source: The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources

“See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?”

Grows Eating Fats Geese Liver Amazement Swollen

Book:The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources

Source: The Epigrams of Martial: Translated Into English Prose. Each Accompanied by One Or More Verse Translations, from the Works of English Poets, and Various Other Sources

“However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.”

Stills Greater Eating Dishes

Book:The Epigrams of Martial

Source: The Epigrams of Martial

“If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.”

Ifs Opinion Eating Bird Delicacy Hares

Book:The Epigrams of Martial

Source: The Epigrams of Martial

“When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.”

Crowds Eloquence Eloquent Banquets

Book:The Epigrams of Martial

Source: The Epigrams of Martial

“You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.”

Hands Break Faults Careful Commit Crystals Careless

Author:Martial