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EPIGRAM: ON A POOR MAN OF EXTRAVAGANT HABITS by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: SUCH LAVISH PURCHASES, MY GIDDY-FRIEND
Last Line: WHO BUYS SO MUCH WILL SOON HAVE ALL TO SELL!
Subject(s): SAVING AND THRIFT;
SUCH lavish purchases, my giddy friend,
To thoughtful minds an auction-sale portend;
It needs no prophet, surely, to foretell,
Who buys so much will soon have all to sell!



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