When I speak fiction, be it such fiction as persuades the listener's ear!

ψευδοίμην· ἀίοντος ἅ κεν πεπίθοιεν ἀκουήν.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

Notes from Wikiquote

A poet's fiction should at least be plausible. | II. To Apollo

(S. Lombardo, D. Rayor, 1988)

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