https://t.inks.page/wiki/Epigrams Follow any website on Inks inks.page https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epigrams?t=2026-04-07 When to secure your bald pate from the weather,
You lately wore a cap of black neats' leather;
He was a very wag, who to you said,
"Why do you wear your slippers on your head?"

• Martial, Epigrams (c. 80-104 AD), Book XII, Epigram 45. Translation by Hay.

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