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Herodotus
“So much, then, for the fish.”
Herodotus, The Histories
tags: fish, humor

Thucydides
“A man who has the knowledge but lacks the power clearly to express it is no better off than if he never had any ideas at all.”
Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War

Marcus Tullius Cicero
“O, tempora! O, mores!”
Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam 1-2

Sappho
“What cannot be said will be wept.”
Sappho

Suetonius
“So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster.
—IV:22”
Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars

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