“He said that orators are like frogs: these croak in the water, while those croak at the waterclock.”
τοὺς ῥήτορας ἔφη ὁμοίους εἶναι τοῖς βατράχοις· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἐν ὕδατι κελαδεῖν, τοὺς δὲ πρὸς κλεψύδραν.
-Fragment from the Gnomologium Vaticanum, 743.n.167
