“If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.”
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Source: The Epigrams of Martial
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Source: The Epigrams of Martial
Source: The Epigrams of Martial