a wet sponge blots out the picture
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
ὑγρώσσων σπόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν
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