Declamas belle, causas agis, Attice, belle
historias bellas, carmina bella facis,
componis belle mimos, epigrammata belle,
bellus grammaticus, bellus es astrologus,
et belle cantas et saltas, Attice, belle,
bellus es arte Lyra, bellus es arte pilae.
Nil bene cum facias, facias tamen omnia belle,
vis dicam quid sis? Magnus es ardelio.
Martial, Epigrams Book 2 no. 7
"You speak beautifully, you argue beautifully, Roy,
you tell lovely stories, you write beautiful music,
you entertain handsomely, you tell funny anecdotes,
you know your grammar, you know your astronomy,
you sing and move beautifully, Roy,
you play your instrument beautifully, you run beautifully.
Although you done of it well, you do it beautifully,
would you like me to say what you are? You're a consummate dabbler."
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