I, of set will, speak words the wise may learn,
To others, nought remember nor discern. (tr. E. D. A. Morshead)

— Aeschylus Oresteia (-458)

ὡς ἑκὼν ἐγὼ
μαθοῦσιν αὐδῶ κοὐ μαθοῦσι λήθομαι.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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