But let your strength lay hidden, and don’t wear your learning on your sleeve.
sed lateant vires, nec sis in fronte disertus
Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.463
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
But let your strength lay hidden, and don’t wear your learning on your sleeve.
sed lateant vires, nec sis in fronte disertus
I love that even ancient relationship advice includes “try not to look to smart/like too much of a know-it-all”.
Does is work if you add “in bed”…?
Nice to see the return of Palaiophron!