A quotation from Martial

If you’re poor now, my friend, then you’ll stay poor.
These days only the rich get given more.

[Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, Aemiliane;
Dantur opes nulli nunc, nisi divitibus.]

Martial (AD c.39-c.103) Spanish Roman poet, satirist, epigrammatist [Marcus Valerius Martialis]
Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 5, epigram 81 (5.81) [tr. Michie (1972)]

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Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 5, epigram 81 (5.81) [tr. Michie (1972)] - Martial | WIST Quotations

If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor. These days only the rich get given more. [Semper eris pauper, si pauper es, Aemiliane; Dantur opes nulli nunc, nisi divitibus.] "To Aemilianus." (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Faile...