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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d
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brĕvĭlŏquentĭa: ae, f. brevis-loquentia,
I brevity of speech: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an expression of Cicero, censured by Seneca ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.