You are pretty, Fabulla (we know!), and young (true enough!),
and rich (no one could say otherwise!).
But when you keep harping on about it,
you don’t seem pretty, or young, or rich.
– Martial, Epigrams 1.64
(My own translation)
This bit of grousing comes from the Roman poet Martial, who wrote in the first century CE, but it seems apt for today’s “influencer” culture, too. Some things never do change. Whether the lesson you take from that is “Rich young women will always be vain about themselves” or “Crabby old men will always complain about how young women present themselves” is up to you.
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