Martial: Nothing

Martial was Latin poet from Hispania. Explore interesting quotes on nothing.

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“It is not poverty, Nestor, to have nothing at all.”
Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.

Martial book Epigrammata

XI, 32 (Loeb translation).
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)

“You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter.”

Martial book Epigrammata

I, 110.
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)

“He who refuses nothing…will soon have nothing to refuse.”

Martial book Epigrammata

XII, 79.
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)