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You say, you nothing owe; and so I say: He only owes, who something hath to pay.
You say, you nothing owe; and so I say: He only owes, who something hath to pay.
Approximate author period: c. 71 AD · classical
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- Martial
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- Approximate author period: c. 71 AD · classical
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote505 · printed citation: MARTIAL: (Hay), ii., 3.
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