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Martialis, Epigrammata, 5, XLII

1 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.
2 Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis:
Quas dederis, solas semper habebis opes.
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